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You can text while riding an e-bike with impunity. 3 Nearly half the people who voted in the 2016 election refused to cast a ballot for Multnomah County District Attorney Rod Underhill. 11 If you would like to buy vintage basketball jerseys and Starter jackets, there is a place. 21
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DIALOGUE Last week, WW published two stories about one of Portland’s most pressing issues: homelessness. Here’s what readers said about elected city officials’ idea to use tiny houses to address the housing crisis (“Little Boxes,” WW, Oct. 25, 2017) and about the Multnomah County Library’s new rules, which will limit people using the branches as daytime shelters (“Shhhhhhh!,” WW, Oct. 25, 2017).
thing a decently funded later-born millennial would do. Not for a middle-aged man or woman to consider. How do you retire to that?” Thomas, via wweek.com: “We have all seen our neighborhood parks taken over by homeless, do we have to surrender our libraries too? What is next? They need housing and help, not permission to bathe in the library.”
Container of Multitudes, via wweek.com: So you’re tellin’ me I could live in an extra-nice SamWell, in response: “You say these things as shed in someone’s driveway for $800 bucks?! I if a family can’t use a play structure just because truly feel bad for anyone who doesn’t someone is sleeping under a tree already own a home. I remember helpby. Or you can’t read a book “The public near ing my nephew find an apartment in because someone near you is eating 2010, and it was only $700 for a two- library is for lunch. Or you can’t use the restroom bedroom apartment in Cedar Hills. EVERYONE. because someone is washing their How we got to this point in only seven We are a face in the sink. We’re all humans years is baffling.” occupying the same city and public goddamn Try a little decency and community, facilities. Harley Leiber, via wweek.com: “The make some room for others.” tiny house is a good idea. If it alleviates all of us.” a part of the housing crunch great... The Angriest Librarian @Halpgreater yet. But, after all the cutesy, kitsch and ernAlex, via Twitter: “This is infuriating. The coffee talk, the question remains: Is it practical? public library is for EVERYONE. We are a godMaybe as transitional housing. Yes. But long damn community, all of us.” term? With kids? No. People, even hipsters with headphones, ear buds, hoodies and tight jeans Laura Frances, via Facebook: “We have set need space.” the bar pretty low when we’re debating smoking marijuana and eating a rotisserie chicken in Megan Storm, via Facebook: “$800 a month libraries. We need to bring back old stern librarto cram two people into a shed on wheels is not a ians with buns who shush and take no shit.” solution, no. Here’s a thought: Instead of declaring $1300 a month for a studio ‘affordable’ some- Chloris Belding, via Facebook: “One rule I how, require all those developers to make their wish all libraries would bring back is no loud affordable units actually AFFORDABLE.” talking. I miss the days when whispering was the norm.” Monica McDonald, via Facebook: “This is basically glorified homelessness. I, as a trans- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR must include the author’s street address and phone number for verification. plant, admire the perseverance of those who Letters must be 250 or fewer words. love the city enough not to move and live in tiny Submit to: 2220 NW Quimby St., Portland, OR 97210. homes. But tiny homes always wreaked of some- Email: mzusman@wweek.com
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Oregon’s new distracted driving law (effective Oct.1) makes it illegal to use a cellphone while operating a motor vehicle. If I text while riding my bike with added electric motor, am I going to get a legal dope slap? —Dazed and Confused Sometimes in these situations it’s best to begin by examining the text of the law itself. Oregon Revised Statutes 811.507(2) clearly states: “A person commits the offense of operating a motor vehicle while using a mobile communication device if the person, while operating a motor vehicle on a highway, uses a mobile communication device.” Who says legal prose has to be dull? This bold declaration, almost Jeffersonian in its frankness, is probably even now causing readers citywide to fall about with many a cry of “Ain’t that the truth?” and “You’ve said a mouthful, brother!” But seriously—nominees for the 2017 “No Shit, Sherlock” Award for legal prose aside—the point at issue here is what constitutes a motor vehicle. The statute doesn’t define the term. When a similar law passed in 2010, some sharp-eyed cyclists noticed that ORS 814.400(2) 4
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(a) states that “A bicycle is a vehicle for the purposes of the vehicle code,” and worried that cyclists might face some sort of consequences for failing to obey traffic laws. Luckily, this calamity did not come to pass: While a bicycle is legally a vehicle, it is not a motor vehicle, and the law recognizes the difference. “Yes, I know all that,” I hear you saying. “That’s why I asked about my motorized bicycle.” Oh, right. Well, you’re in luck: ORS 814.405 (am I a lawyer yet?) provides that “An electric assisted bicycle shall be considered a bicycle, rather than a motor vehicle, for purposes of the Oregon Vehicle Code.” As long as your e-bike doesn’t go faster than 20 mph, you can cruise Tinder on it all day without running afoul of Oregon state law. QUESTIONS? Send them to dr.know@wweek.com
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The Oregon State Bar’s annual board of delegates meets Nov. 3, and there will be fireworks. A bar panel is proposing to scrap a long-standing ethics rule that prohibits lawyers from splitting the proceeds of their cases with non-lawyers. The proposed change would allow for-profit companies such as Avvo and Legal Zoom to match potential litigants with lawyers and take a cut of any financial settlements. Proponents say the goal is to promote access to justice. But critics, led by the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, say there’s good reason no state currently allows fee-splitting: It creates a conflict of interest between the referral agent’s need for profit and a client’s interests. “All of a sudden you have a for-profit company who is going to have a stake in the case,” says Beth Bernard, OTLA’s executive director. “That’s just a bad idea.”
least five campaign donations larger than $500—the legal limit set by voters last November for county races. Under the campaign-funding initiative, which went into effect Sept. 1, she could face a civil penalty of as much as $240,000 for accepting those donations. Her political action committee is still registered for her county post. Smith announced last month she intends to run for the City Council seat currently held by Commissioner Dan Saltzman, who is retiring. But under the county charter, she has to wait until January to officially file to run in the city race or she must resign. Smith’s campaign says she’s in the clear. “She is dutifully publicly reporting all of her campaign finance activities,” says campaign spokesman Jake Weigler, “and is not subject to the county’s campaign finance limits as they are defined as applying to elections for offices for Multnomah County.”
Jefferson Smith to Lead Think Tank
Jefferson Smith has been named the new head of the Oregon Center for Public Policy, a left-leaning think tank. Smith, a former Democratic state representative from East Portland, nosed out former Portland City Commissioner Steve Novick to replace OCCP founder Chuck Sheketoff. Smith lost a bid for mayor in 2012 after his behavior, including WW’s report that he’d punched a woman in college, became a campaign issue. “I’m eager to engage more people to work for economic justice and data-focused policy,” Smith said in a statement. “With wealth disparities at historic levels, the need for fact-driven policy has never been more urgent. I’m grateful and humbled to be invited to help.”
Loretta Smith Walks a Narrow Fundraising Line
Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith has in recent weeks disclosed at
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A week after ballots appeared in mailboxes, fewer than 14 percent of Multnomah County voters have bothered to participate in the Nov. 7 election. That may be because voters are distracted by the unusually good weather or are simply not engaged in the single issue on most county voters’ ballots—Measure 26-196, a $185 million bond for Portland Community College. WW’s editorial board recommends a “yes” vote on the measure. Ballots are due at official drop sites, including the Multnomah County elections building, by 8 pm on Tuesday, Nov. 7.
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HOW ICE AGENTS STAKED OUT AN IMMIGRANT AT A PORTLAND HOSPITAL.
How the arrest happened: 1. An undocumented 19-year-old man visited Legacy Emanuel Health Center in North Portland on March 13, 2017. 2. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents watched as the young man left the hospital and walked to the bus stop immediately in front of the hospital’s entrance on North Vancouver Avenue. 3. Agents approached and arrested the man at the bus stop. 4. ICE then took the man to a detention center.
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This fall, two controversial arrests in the Portland area raised fears that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are breaking federal laws and their own rules. Now WW has learned of a third. The likely rule-breaking by the feds extends as far back as March 13, 2017, when ICE agents watched a man leave Legacy Emanuel Health Center in North Portland and arrested him at a bus stop just outside the hospital—a clear violation of the agency’s own “sensitive locations” policy, says Legacy Health. About two weeks ago, a lawyer investigating the incident for Legacy met with ICE officials to complain. “We have clear and convincing proof that ICE violated its sensitive space policy by coming onto the campus,” says Legacy Health spokesman Brian Terrett. “We made it very clear that we did not want to see a repeat of their behavior
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The agency’s own policies, written in 2011, make clear that hospitals are among the locations where immigration agents are not supposed to arrest or detain people. The rulebook says, in part:
“Pursuant to ICE policy, enforcement actions are not to occur at or be focused on sensitive locations. Locations treated as sensitive locations under ICE policy would include, but are not be limited to:
The March 13 arrest is one of at least three enforcement actions by ICE agents this year that appear to violate either the agency’s policies or federal law. • On Sept. 18, agents in plain clothes approached a man outside the Washington County Courthouse and demanded to see his ID. Isidro Andrade-Tafolla, a U.S. citizen who works for the county in road maintenance, and his wife adamantly denied he was the man the agents were seeking. The interaction was caught on video, and critics lobbed allegations that the agents targeted Andrade-Tafolla because of his race. • On Oct. 19, a man shot video as ICE agents entered a private home in downtown Portland and refused to answer his questions about whether they had a warrant.
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on any of our medical campuses. It is our expectation that they never come on to any of our campuses ever again.” The arrested immigrant, whose history includes a DUII charge, has since been released. ICE representatives did not respond to WW’s requests for comment by press deadlines. Because the arrest at the hospital in March stayed secret for so long, some wonder how many improper detentions have occurred in Portland since the Trump administration announced more aggressive enforcement priorities. “[For] any of these actions that we’ve recorded or have reported on, there are likely dozens or more happening here in Oregon and around the nation every month that we just never hear about,” says Mat dos Santos, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon. “If ICE can’t admit that their agents may be violating policy, I have no hope that we might see a decrease in these kinds of illegal arrests.”
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Two other ICE cases drawing scrutiny from lawmakers.
Medical treatment and health care facilities, such as hospitals, doctors’ offices, accredited health clinics, and emergent or urgent care facilities.”
HOUSE ARREST: Video released last month showed federal agents arresting an immigrant in a private home in Portland.
The agents arrested another man, Carlos Bolanos, who was working on a renovation in the home. They released Bolanos about 90 minutes later. ICE has said it is reviewing both incidents. Critics say ICE has been emboldened by the Trump administration to bend or break its own policies. “ICE is essentially saying,” dos Santos says, “that we care more about numbers and rounding people up and shipping them out of the country than we care about the laws of our states and our agency policies.” Willamette Week NOVEMBER 1, 2017 wweek.com
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PUBLISHER’S NOTE
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To Our Readers
• Nigel Jaquiss’ account of the tragic death of Aisha Zughbieh-Collins from synthetic opioids offered a little-known look into the “Dark Web” and its marketplace for all things illegal. One week later, the U.S. Department of Justice shut down the website where Collins obtained the drugs, citing her death as one reason. • Our enterprise reporting on Oregon’s quasi-legal poker rooms prompted the Oregon Lottery to cancel its largest contract with a video lottery provider. • Our cultural coverage continued to shape and define the many ways in which Portland is changing. In the past year, we stepped up our coverage of all things cannabis and continued to cover Portland’s world-class food scene, culminating in our annual restaurant guide, which will be published next week. This year, Matthew Korfhage was honored as the best food critic in North America by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia; Korfhage also traveled the farthest for a story, when he went to Tokyo to find out why the Japanese have such a love affair with Portland.
PILING ON: WW received several cubic yards of topsoil in response to a recent cover story.
Our Journalism
At a moment when much of journalism is on the decline at the same time thoughtful reportage has never been more in demand, we continue to do our best to respond to the call.
Our Events
Producing memorable events has become a significant way for us to celebrate the riches of the city and hopefully also support our journalism. This includes MusicfestNW, our monster music festival, and TechfestNW, which has grown so fast we are moving to a new venue next year. It also includes our Beer Pro/Am, in which we pair amateur brewers with some of Portland’s finest artisans, and our Cultivation Classic, the world’s only organic-cannabis competition. This week, we debut a new event called Ramen and Whisky—in which patrons can sample some of this city’s best noodles and Japanese whiskey (sorry, tickets sold out weeks ago).
• We did important work on the tragic MAX slayings, the Gorge fire and the deaths by exposure of homeless people. • Our ongoing coverage of the shortage and cost of housing in this city has been thorough and deep, and has even effected change. Months after our reporting about landlords evicting tenants without cause, for example, Portland City Hall responded by passing an ordinance requiring that landlords pay moving fees to renters subject to no-cause evictions.
Our Charitable Efforts
• Thacher Schmid’s weekly trips into homeless camps answered the sometimes odd questions readers have about homelessness with empathetic but unsentimental reporting. WILLAMETTE WEEK
• We continued our tradition of deep dives into subjects many journalism organizations avoid. Katie Shepherd’s look at a “nonprofit” zoo in Washington County revealed how an organization can take full advantage of lax regulation to run a tiger farm that appears to violate the spirit if not the letter of land-use laws.
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This past year, our newsroom responded to the speed of 21st-century journalism, and did so while remembering that our job is to help this city make sense of events in real time.
• The week after the presidential election, when much of the country was panicking, we offered a cover story called “Resist.” It provided a sober take on the threats Donald Trump posed to Portland—a list that now looks prescient and also won the top prize for public service journalism from the Association for Alternative Newsmedia. In the same vein, for much of the past year, we consistently shined a spotlight on white nationalists, neo-Nazis and other extremists in and near the city.
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A defiant couple is caging big cats in the Portland suburbs. Should anybody stop them?
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“MY SINUSES FEEL ODDLY WARM.”
On Monday, Oct. 23, I arrived early in the morning at our office in Northwest Portland to find, in the parking lot outside our building, several cubic yards of topsoil that had been dumped the night before. Atop the pile were copies of the current issue of WW with a stake driven through one of them, holding a sign that read “Shit Rag.” This was clearly a reaction to that week’s cover story, a controversial and unflattering profile of Jim Goad, an ideological leader of the alt-right movement who spent his formative years in Portland. While we don’t know for sure, it appears the culprits were not Goad sympathizers but rather Goad opponents, some of whom feel that any coverage of him at all is not helpful. It was a small illustration of how divided this country has become and how raw the feelings are since last year’s election. It’s also a reminder of how seriously people take journalism today, and the expectation that, at its best, our work should bring to light public wrongdoing, be a guardian of democracy and serve as an enforcer of transparency. Readers care—and their expectations both challenge and hearten us. This month, WW celebrates its 43rd birthday, and we typically use this occasion to give a report to our readers. I have always been proud to call myself a journalist. Given what our staff has done this year, I’ve never been prouder.
• We also published the 13th edition of Finder, a magazine that has become the single best source of information about where to eat, drink, shop and go in this great city.
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Like a lot of Oregonians who have battled serious health problems, Nicole Lewis is struggling to pay her medical bills. In 2014, doctors diagnosed Lewis with stage II lymphoma. The chemotherapy to treat her cancer was debilitating, and Lewis, 29, missed work for eight months while undergoing treatment. She had medical and short-term disability insurance through her employer, which replaced part of her normal paycheck while she was out. She was getting about $1,000 a month in disability payments and spending $890 of that on rent. Lewis says the co-pays for her treatment overwhelmed her, and she’s now facing collection notices for $3,600 she still owes. The irony: The hospital coming to collect most of that money is also her employer. For seven years, Lewis, 29, has been employed by and gotten insurance coverage through Legacy Health, one of the state’s largest and most successful health care providers. She currently works in nutrition services at Legacy’s Randall Children’s Hospital in North Portland. “I work in a hospital, and my insurance hardly covers anything—care or prescriptions,” Lewis says. Although her cancer is in remission, she still needs regular checkups. “I have to get scans every month, and every time, it’s $500 out of my pocket,” she adds. Lewis’ predicament is becoming more common. Although government figures show that a higher percentage of Oregonians have health insurance today than at any other time in decades, they increasingly face high deductibles, co-pays and other out-of-pocket payments. And health care costs continue to rise faster than wages, leaving people like Lewis squeezed—even though she works for a hospital. Local and national studies have found that medical bills are a leading cause of personal bankruptcy, even for people with insurance. And the problem is now at the center of one of the state’s largest labor disputes. Since June, Legacy has been at the bargaining table with Service Employees International Union Local 49, which represents about 800 Legacy workers, including Lewis. The two sides are at an impasse. The existing contract between the two organizations expired June 30, and they agreed to federal mediation, taking place this week. Workers have already voted to authorize a two-day strike Nov. 8 and 9 if that mediation fails. Although SEIU is seeking a pay increase for the certified nursing assistants, custodians and housekeepers that SEIU represents, Local 49 political director Felisa Hagins says the bigger concern for workers is the cost of their health care beyond what’s covered by insurance. Employees such as Lewis must cover 20 percent of their treatment costs, which can be crippling. 10
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SICK OF IT: “My bosses know our insurance is no good,” Nicole Lewis says. “They know it doesn’t pay for anything.”
“I WORK IN A HOSPITAL, AND MY INSURANCE HARDLY COVERS ANYTHING. I HAVE TO GET SCANS EVERY MONTH, AND EVERY TIME, IT’S $500 OUT OF MY POCKET.” The union also resents Legacy’s purchase, for a reported $247 million, of PacificSource, a health care insurer, in October 2015. “One month, employees got an email celebrating the purchase,” Hagins says. “The next month, they got an email telling them their insurance costs were going up.” Legacy spokesman Brian Terrett says the hospital believes its insurance plan is fair and competitive. “Our plan is as good or better than the plan SEIU offers its own employees,” Terrett adds. “We feel like we’re offering them a great program.” SEIU’s Hagins says Terrett’s comparison is wrong. “SEIU 49 has a fully paid family health care plan through Kaiser,” she says, “that has $5 co-pays, $10 co-pays for specialty care and a $75 emergency-room charge if you don’t get admitted.” Terrett says he cannot comment on the specifics of Lewis’ case, but he says there’s no reason for any employee to be in collections with Legacy, because the hospital offers charity care and payment plans based on a patient’s ability to pay. “One of the things we’re trying to do is educate members of SEIU about ways to avoid collections,” Terrett says. “We don’t want any of our employees or anybody else to be in that situation.” More than 13,000 people work for Legacy, making it one of Oregon’s largest employers. Although it’s organized as a nonprofit like nearly all Oregon hospital systems, Legacy earned $126 million in
net income last year, according to its audited financials. And Legacy’s CEO, Dr. George Brown, topped a recent Portland Business Journal list of the highest paid health care executives in the region. Brown’s compensation was $2.3 million in 2016. “There’s clearly a disconnect between executive pay and the pay for these workers who are working to help people get well,” Hagins says. “People making a million or big salaries can afford to pay 20 percent of the cost of their care. Low-paid workers cannot.” Hagins says Legacy is profiting by squeezing money out of lower-paid workers such as Lewis, who makes about $19 an hour (which translates to $38,000 a year). Although Legacy and SEIU are battling at the bargaining table, they are also linking arms to defeat a hospital tax repeal headed for the January 2018 ballot. Both the hospital and the union worry that if the tax repeal succeeds in January, it will cost Oregon between $840 million and $1.3 billion in health care funding, and 350,000 Medicaid recipients will lose coverage. Meanwhile, Lewis is waiting to hear whether she’ll be out on strike soon. She says no matter how the negotiations turn out, her experience with big deductibles and collection agents after years at Legacy has soured her on her employer. “What happened to me is horrible,” she says. “We [Legacy] own the insurance company, and they could give employees a better deal. It makes me want to look for another job.” Willamette Week NOVEMBER 1, 2017 wweek.com
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In the Multnomah County criminal justice system, people have posed tough questions for two separate groups: the sheriff’s office that investigates crime, and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. These are their answers. Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese and District Attorney Rod Underhill are both elected officials. And in a left-leaning city like Portland, they’ve staked their political futures on taking more progressive positions than many of their colleagues in other counties. But recent events have challenged those reputations. Last month, an investigation of three sheriff ’s deputies who shared information with federal immigration officials found no wrongdoing—a result that frustrated advocates. Other observers have raised questions about the conditions in county jails the sheriff runs; a woman died there this summer, and the cause remains a mystery. Meanwhile, the power of the district attorney is one of the most hotly contested issues in the criminal justice system nationwide. In Oregon, most sitting district attorneys win their seats uncontested. The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon recently launched a campaign to address that voter apathy. That campaign is making some incumbent DAs furious. In the past week, WW presented both Reese and Underhill with some of the toughest questions surrounding their offices. WW: Can you explain why the three deputies did not violate your office’s policies? Mike Reese: I’m not going to be able to comment on a specific personnel action by our HR policies and state law and our contracts—those are confidential matters. But when we looked at our policy and our guidance to our employees on state law, I felt there wasn’t the clarity that there needed to be. So we created a model policy on how we’re going to interact on immigration issues. We trained our employees to it. We’re making sure that that is being carried out in practice. And we have complete and thorough investigations when there are complaints. Why hasn’t your office made more details about in-custody death investigations available to the public? I am frustrated as well. That information is at the medical examiner’s office. With every death in custody, whether it is a natural death, we do
a criminal investigation. In the state of Oregon, the medical examiner is the holder of that information. I’m waiting for the final results. How do you approach homelessness in Portland as the sheriff ? The people who are living on the streets are incredibly vulnerable. Too many of them have mental health or addiction issues. You have a lot of women who are living outdoors who become the victims of sexual violence. So we’ve got to have a better response to that. We can’t have large camps. That creates an unhealthy dynamic. If people are camping, do it in small numbers. You’ve got to be able to pick up and move when asked. WW: In your last election, 48 percent of people who cast a ballot chose not to vote for district attorney. Do you think that’s a problem? Rod Underhill: That’s in part why I said yes to this conversation. If we’re doing good work, we want people to know about it. If we’re doing work that needs to be done better, we want people to know about that as well. But both things come with letting people know who we are and what we do.
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A MacArthur Foundation study found that black people were six times more likely to be jailed in Multnomah County than white people. How do you try to tackle that issue as a prosecutor? We don’t make the arrests, but we do receive the cases. Since 2013, Multnomah County has reduced our overall prison “first sentence” response [the number of people sent to prison on a first criminal conviction] about 24 percent. That’s going to be Caucasian, Hispanic, AfricanAmerican—all are reduced. Have we reduced the disproportionality? The answer is, not really. In the past, you’ve argued that reducing the prison population might cause an increase in crime. How do you factor in public safety when implementing programs focused on providing alternatives to prison and jail? It’s a careful balance. Public safety is the cornerstone of my job. It’s this balance between can we come up with good ideas that are less punitive while simultaneously adhering to and improving upon public safety? Property crimes continue to be on the rise. Why? Everybody is asking that question. We need to pay careful attention to what those answers are.
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IT’S BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE OREGON BECAME THE FIRST STATE TO LET PEOPLE DECIDE HOW TO END THEIR LIVES. HERE’S HOW THE FIGHT WAS WON.
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Twenty years ago this month, the entire country was watching Oregon decide how to die. On Nov. 4, 1997, Oregon voters upheld America’s first doctor-assisted suicide law. The wildly controversial Death With Dignity Act allowed terminally ill patients with less than six months to live to ingest a lethal dose of drugs. The bill sparked death threats, legal battles and a massive freak-out in the Roman Catholic Church, which spent millions of dollars campaigning against it. In the past two decades, the law has rocked the medical profession, served as a political pawn and comforted the hopelessly sick. At least 1,127 people have used the law to die in Oregon (see chart on page 17). One of them, Brittany Maynard—a beautiful 29-year-old with brain cancer—tugged the world’s heartstrings when she ended her life three years ago. But many of them made the choice without public notice—and, as proponents note, painlessly.
Death With Dignity is widely considered a success in Oregon. It’s part of how the state defines itself: as pioneering, stubbornly independent and deeply compassionate. Since then, six states have followed Oregon’s lead and adopted physician-assisted suicide. At the time, the outcome wasn’t such a no-brainer. The fight was politically risky and emotionally wrenching. And the people leading the way had to be brave. How did they find the courage? WW spoke to more than a dozen current and former lawmakers, activists and families about the bill, its impact and how it has blazed a legislative trail across the nation. Interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity and brevity. CONT. on page 14
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BEING FRANK: Oregon state Sen. Frank Roberts (above) repeatedly introduced bills to legalize Death With Dignity. Roberts’ wife, thenOregon Gov. Barbara Roberts (pictured above right with Frank in 1987), carried on the cause after his death in 1993.
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VOTE OR DIE: Death With Dignity executive director Peg Sandeen with campaign materials from Measures 16 and 51, both of which asked Oregonians to decide on doctor-assisted suicide.
BARBARA ROBERTS, FORMER OREGON GOVERNOR:
In September 1992, my husband, [Oregon state Sen.] Frank Roberts, was in for a routine check. The doctor told him he had lung cancer and it was terminal. We made the decision not to tell anyone. He didn’t want people to look at him with pity. A N N J A C K S O N, F O R M E R D I R E C T O R O F O R E G O N HOSPICE AND DEATH WITH DIGNIT Y ADVOCATE:
I met my fiancé, John, at the Bohemian Club in San Francisco in 1991. I planned to move in with him. But when I arrived on his doorstep, just before the 4th of July in 1996, his eyes and skin were yellow. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given a life expectancy of three months. ROBERTS: Eventually, we had to quit sleeping together because he was in so much pain. For a while, I kept a baby monitor in his room. I was governor at the time, and I was getting up several times a night and trying to work the next day. As he got worse, I got less sleep. JACKSON: John lost lots of weight. He began stockpiling medication to kill himself. They were mostly opiates with Tylenol, which are hard on the gut and liver. It would not have been a good death. He also had guns hidden everyplace. I was worried he would use them on himself. R O B E R T S : He lost track of reality. In the last weeks he was alive, he was asleep more and more and was in a great deal of pain. He stopped eating and lost control of his bodily functions. The last thing he ate were my sister’s home-canned peaches. JACKSON: I got John into hospice before he could take the pills [he’d collected to kill himself ]. But we had to sedate him to the point of unconsciousness. He was 59 when he died.
ROBERTS: Frank died on Halloween 1993. There’s no question in my mind that, if the Death With Dignity law had been in place, he would have done it before there was no end to the pain, before all of the pleasure in his life was gone. J AC K S O N: I have no doubt that John—as much as he loved life—would have used physician aid to die on his own terms.
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THE BALLOT ROBERTS: Frank was the first major advocate of the law in Oregon. He’d say, “We would put an animal down. We wouldn’t let it suffer. So why would we let a human suffer?” In 1987, he introduced the first Death With Dignity bill. But legislators just didn’t think it was realistic. BARBARA COOMBS LEE, A CHIEF PETITIONER OF THE DEATH WITH DIGNIT Y ACT: Frank was revered. They
called him “The Conscience of the Senate.” But for all of that stature and credibility, he still couldn’t get a fair hearing on his bill. ROBERTS: The third time he introduced it, in 1991, he
started pushing. That’s when discussion about taking it to the ballot started.
Oregon passes most of its laws in the Legislature. But it also was one of the first states with a ballot-initiative process— allowing the state’s voters to decide directly on issues.
LEE: I was aware of how impossible it would be to get this through the Legislature. But when people vote, they vote from their hearts. They don’t have to be concerned about what their minister or priest might say—what kind of shunning might come down on them.
In early 1993, backers of doctor-assisted suicide decided to take the issue to the ballot. G E O F F S U G E R M A N , C A M PA I G N M A N A G E R F O R MEASURE 16: We knew it was going to be a brutal cam-
paign. But we also knew that Oregon was one of the least churched states, with an independent spirit. Oregon voters had been willing to do things through the ballot box no other state had ever done. We had the first bottle bill in the country. We had the first open public access to beaches bill. LEE: We met and pored over this bill for months. S U G E R M A N: We knew opponents were going to talk about doctors killing patients and family members wanting inheritances. LEE: One of the keys to winning was to make it perfectly clear that the control would reside with the patient from beginning to end.
The law requires patients to self-administer the drugs after a 15-day waiting period and two doctors sign off on a terminal diagnosis. ROBERTS: While we were dealing with Frank’s illness, he would ask me, every so often, “How’s our petition doing?” And he would say, “If they get this on the ballot, Oregonians will pass it.” CONT. on page 16 Willamette Week NOVEMBER 1, 2017 wweek.com
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ROBERTS: When it got to the ballot in 1994, it was a huge issue. People were talking about it in schools, at the barber shop, at the dinner table. Families were talking about dying for the first time. S U G E R M A N : The Oregonian was violently opposed to it. They started editorializing against it before we even filed it as an initiative.
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LEE: The archbishop of Portland, William Levada, called us “murderers in the name of mercy.” TODD COOPER, DIRECTOR OF THE OREGON CATHOLIC CONFERENCE, WHICH OPPOSED T H E M E A S U R E: There was a fear that it would
them into using this option and saving people money on Medicaid costs. J A C K S O N: In the public debates, “pills don’t work” was one of the big arguments: that people were going to vomit up their pills and be left as vegetables. S U G E R M A N : The week before the election was tense. Our lead had gone down 3 points. I remember having a conversation and saying, “Shit. We lost.” The night of the election [Nov. 8, 1994], it was a complete feeling of euphoria. We threw our hands up and cheered.
influence society’s attitudes towards suicide in general. We believe life is a gift and it’s precious. To suggest suicide is dignified was hard to understand.
LEE: On election night, I remember a journalist saying to me, “Do you expect this law be challenged?”
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together the largest religious coalition in the history of the state—with Buddhists and Hindus and Jews and Roman Catholics all coming together to oppose the bill. I had to draft a statement that all the religious groups could agree on. It was like herding cats. S U G E R M A N: People said we would try to use it on disabled people. We got death threats. We were called Nazis. Somebody threw a brick through the window of my house. RON WYDEN, FORMER OREGON CONGRESSMAN AND U.S. SENATOR SINCE 1996: Initially,
I [voted against] the measure because I was involved with senior citizens. My concern was— and there were a fair number of progressives who felt this way—that it could be used against vulnerable, low-income persons. That somehow if you had those folks, and they had big medical expenses, that the law could be used to push
THE BLOWBACK Less than two months later, opponents challenged the law in federal court. U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan placed a “temporary” hold on the law—preventing Oregonians from using it for three more years. LEE : The lawsuit was brought by the [anti-abortion group] National Right to Life. Their argument was essentially: A person making a decision to hasten his death is never rational; it’s always a sign of mental illness.
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FINAL REQUEST ROUND TWO: Three years after Oregon voters approved Death With Dignity in 1994, the issue was again placed on the ballot. Again, voters approved the idea.
Here’s how many people each year ordered prescriptions for lethal drugs using Oregon’s Death With Dignity law—and how many took the dose. 1997
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This time, Measure 51 asked Oregon voters to repeal the Death with Dignity Act that had passed in 1994. On Nov. 4, 1997—days after Measure 16 went into effect—the attempted repeal failed.
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House to basically throw the law in the trash can. It came to the Senate, and it was widely assumed it would pass lickety-split. And I said, “Not so fast.” Not only did I change my views, but I filibustered in the Senate to protect it. I consider it one of the most important things I’ve done in my time in public service.
LEE: We used to call this law “The Little Engine that Could.” It’s a miracle it kept on chugging.
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They were basically saying a dying person who is writhing in pain—and ready to end it— should be removed from his home and locked in a psychiatric hospital so he won’t injure himself.
ROBERTS: In 2001, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft really thought he could stop it. But every time anyone tried, they failed.
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I wrote the first [assisted-dying] prescription in March 1998. My patient, Helen, had terminal breast cancer. She was 84 and an immigrant from Central Europe. She lived alone in Portland. By the time she got to me, she was pretty tired of doctors saying, “I get it, but I don’t want to do it for you.” I believed she had the right, and I sympathized with her. There was no way I was going to chicken out. I called Barbara Coombs Lee and said, “What pharmacy do you guys use?” And she said, “Really? You have a prescription?” That’s when I realized it was the first one. It was frightening to be the first. D R. C H A R L E S B E N T Z, P H Y S I C I A N A N D D E AT H W I T H D I G N I T Y O P P O N E N T: I saw firsthand a depressed patient
who, instead of addressing his depression, was given the means to kill himself. In 2003, he was diagnosed with melanoma and I sent him to a cancer doctor. Instead of treating his depression—he was suicidally depressed—the doctor gave him the means to end his life. I was quite taken aback. I actually lost my job over it. I resigned. REAGAN: On the day [Helen] died, her son, daughter and I were at her home. Her attitude was as if she was getting ready to go on vacation, like she was thinking ahead—and pretty soon she got to get out of there. She was just ready. She looked at me and asked me to kiss her on the cheek goodbye. She drank the phenobarbital with red juice. Then she looked up and the emotion on her face was pride. Like, “See, I did it.” She went to sleep and then just faded away. It came with an emotional weight. Asking someone to help you die initiates a very intense relationship. There’s no way you could get paid enough to do it. It’s a labor of love. B E NT Z: Advocates believe this is the best thing since sliced bread. But, I gotta tell you, this is one of the worst things to happen to the profession of medicine since the Middle Ages. It’s a stain on the honor of medicine. We should do no harm. D E B O R A H Z I E G L E R, M OT H E R O F B R I T TA N Y M AY N A R D:
In January 2014, we found out she had a lesion on her brain. She asked, “Can I be transferred to a hospital in Oregon?” That’s when I knew that she was going to try to find a different way to die.
L E E: Brittany’s impact was huge. Her story broke in People magazine on Oct. 6, 2014, and by the end of the day, it was the most viewed online story in the history of any Time Warner property. It beat out the Angelina and Brad twins, which had previously been the most viewed. NORA MILLER, WHOSE HUSBAND USED THE L AW IN 1999:
I was 18 when I met Rick. He was the first person I had any relationship with. We grew up together. So it was terrifying when, in 1999, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and given just months to live. I remember having this sensation that the curtains that block the future were opening. I could see to the end—and I knew it wasn’t going to be good.
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AFTER ROBERTS: There isn’t any question that the law has changed end-of-life treatment. Patients don’t have to do the next step on a treadmill of treatment with no hope. Patients can say, “No.”
WHO DECIDES Here are the demographics of the people who have used Oregon’s Death With Dignity law. AGE, NUMBER OF DEATHS 1997-2016 G
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SAYING GOODBYES: Brittany Maynard (shown above with her husband, Dan Diaz) and Rick Miller (shown at left with his wife, Nora) both used Oregon’s Death With Dignity law to end their lives.
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E A. 18-34 YEARS OLD: 9 B. 35-44 YEARS OLD: 24 C. 45-54 YEARS OLD: 70 D. 55-64 YEARS OLD: 224 E. 65-74 YEARS OLD: 341 F. 75-84 YEARS OLD: 290 G. 85+ YEARS OLD: 169
cancer had spread. We talked about it, and Rick said, “I’m going to use the Death With Dignity law.”
DA N D I A Z, M AY N A R D’S H U S B A N D:
Brittany was frustrated that it took her—a 29-year-old, well-spoken woman—to have an impact. She said, “Why is it OK for 90-year-olds to face the prospect of dying painfully? Nobody paid attention to that.” ZIEGLER: We were afraid people would
find out where we were living. We had already been bombarded with hate mail at our home address. We got letters saying we were going to hell. Sometimes there were people reaching out with what they thought was a cure. Somebody would write, “Drink this carrot juice I made, it will cure you.” But the message would still be the same: Don’t take the medicine. MILLER: The hardest part was that there was nothing I could do about it. I’m a fixer, a doer. I worked in computers, and it was my job to fix everybody’s problems. But this was a problem I could do absolutely nothing about. The
ZIEGLER: The day she died, [Brittany] wanted to go for a walk in the woods. Later, we formed a circle with chairs around her big four-poster bed. She took the medicine down in one drink. She said she wanted it mixed with water and [to chase] it with a little bite of ice cream. She wanted somebody to read poetry, so I read poetry to her. Her friend, who was a doctor, tapped me on the arm and said, “She’s gone.” I ran out of the room and into the woods. The law—and knowing the medicine was there—calmed her fear. When she got panicky, she could say to herself, “No, no, no. I will not die in a horrible way.” MILLER: The night I went to pick up his medication was tough. It was dark and rainy, near the end of October [1999] and I had to drive all the way to a pharmacy in Tualatin. It made it concrete and real in a way that nothing else had. On the day he died, he was still able to communicate and say goodbye. It would have been so much more traumatic to see him waste away. Rick wasn’t afraid of pain or being a burden to us. He just wanted to be in control.
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LEE: We have a learned that a third of the people who get the prescription either never fill it or never ingest it. ROBERTS: Many of them simply want to know that, if it gets so bad that they can’t tolerate it, the choice is there for them. There is a comfort in knowing it’s there. JACKSON: We know now that the pills do work. Out of more than 1,000 people who have used physician aid in dying, only five people have awakened after taking it. They did not suffer brain damage. BENTZ: I still feel the law is a coarsening of culture. It requires doctors to lie on death certificates. Doctors are forced to put down that the patient died of their underlying condition instead of assisted suicide. C O O P E R: I think 200 years from now we’ll look at doctor-assisted suicide like slavery: It will be abhorrent to us. PAGE: If the bill was on the ballot this November, I still would not vote for it. My view of suicide has not changed. But in terms of the law working well in Oregon—I feel it has.
Doctor-assisted suicide is now legal in six states and Washington D.C.. ROBERTS: Last year, 22 states introduced the bill. There’s a chance it will pass in New Jersey and New York. I think, 50 years from now, this will be pretty common practice across the United States.
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WYDEN : There’s a lesson in all of this. It’s the wisdom of Oregon voters.
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J A C K S O N : If you are diagnosed with ALS, you are going to choke on your own saliva. With pulmonary hypertension you are going to suffocate and not be able to breathe. And these are quite reasonable things to be afraid of. Now, you can have a plan in case you are facing one of these awful deaths. You can have a conversation with your doctor about it now.
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ZIEGLER: Today, people can say, “This is my life and my death—and I won’t be told what I have to do.” People aren’t afraid to talk about death anymore. Its time has come. M AY N A R D P H O T O C O U R T E S Y O F C O U R T E S Y O F DA N D I A Z & T H E B R I T TA N Y F U N D . O R G MILLER PHOTO COURTESY OF NORA MILLER
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(L-R) “The possibility that maybe there’s nothing and mourning the things I didn’t get to do in life” “A boring death.” “Being closed up in a box.” “Uncertainty.”
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“Not being able to fulfill all my goals and being able to provide for my family the way I want before I die. Also not knowing what happens after you die.”
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“Potentially reliving the same life over and over again.”
“The pain that I can’t help those I leave behind.”
“That you might end up going to Hell.”
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“Where I’m going after.”
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Willamette Week’s new column devoted to the creators, curators and entrepreneurs driving Portland’s retail scene, from op-shop hunters to streetwear tastemakers. If you’re doing something cool you think we should write about, hit me up at wmacmurdo@wweek.com.
Hoop Dreams CHRISTOPHER YEN’S SPORTSWEAR BOUTIQUE, LAUNDRY, IS THE MOST ORIGINAL VINTAGE SHOP PORTLAND HAS SEEN IN YEARS.
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The central eastside isn’t known for its shopping. Its yawning stretches of faceless warehouses are home to a small handful of devoted restaurateurs and barkeeps and the occasional art space. But that’s where you’ll find Laundry, a tiny 475-foot boutique devoted to vintage sportswear and ’90s pop culture located in the mammoth Portland Storage Company building. Opened by Phoenix transplant Christopher Yen in May, Laundry is reason enough to venture down to an area better known for its vegetable distributors. Packed with racks of vintage Trail Blazers jerseys, Starter jackets sporting the logos of every NBA and NFL team across satin—a gold-backed 49ers jacket with red cuffs is my favorite—and T-shirts emblazoned with the scowling, keg-shaped skull of Stone Cold Steve Austin, Laundry has already become a fixture in Portland’s thriving streetwear scene. Check Laundry’s Instagram page (Laundrypdx), scroll past the pastel pink and blue logo and you’ll quickly find the faces of influential Portlanders: rapper Mic Capes, former Nice Kicks editor/current ESPN correspondent Nick DePaula and former Blazer Mason Plumlee (RIP) beaming back at you with their vintage trophies in hand. Yen’s journey to Portland and into the streetwear limelight wasn’t easy. He relocated to Portland in 2012, leaving behind a decade-long career in publishing and a lifetime in Arizona, after being squeezed out of an increasingly intolerant city. “Phoenix was not a very hospitable place,” explains Yen. “My family’s been in the States since the 1920s, but there was a huge wave of anti-immigrant sentiment. We decided we need to move, and we needed to move far away culturally and politically. Portland was the logical place.” Yen developed an interest in buying and flipping vintage sportswear, along with mid-century modern furniture, in his last years in Phoenix. “I was drawn to Champion brand basketball jerseys from the ’90s, which was the era I grew up in, the golden age of basketball as far as a lot of people are concerned,” says Yen, a fan of the Phoenix Suns. “I bought some, and I sold some, and I realized that there was a market for this kind of thing. It was just a hobby for me though, and I never considered it would be any kind of profession.” As a fresh arrival in Portland, Yen began flipping his jerseys online from home, primarily through eBay, while starting a mid-mod furniture company called Fort Modern. As his businesses grew, he moved Fort Modern into the Brooklyn Mall antique house for a year, and then into the third floor of Portland Storage. However, Yen found that most of his revenue was
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Liquid Blue “Skull Pile” T-shirt. Covered in smiling, day-glo green skulls, this delightfully garish shirt is the very one Juicy J wore in the video for Three 6 Mafia’s “Stay Fly.” Arvydas Sabonis Portland Trail Blazers jersey: Yen tells me that more so than Clyde Drexler or Rasheed Wallace, Sabonis jerseys are by far his most popular vintage Blazers jerseys.
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Starter jackets, all: These have aged very well. The gold 49ers jacket rules hard, but a green and white Celtics number was also very slick. San Jose Sharks hockey jersey: any. What can I say, the Shark looks cool as hell.
1996 Olympics Nike Snapback: White with a blue brim, these Dream Teamera snaps are clean and adorned with the most 1996 font ever.
THROWBACK TO THE FUTURE: Christopher Yen.
coming in from the sportswear side. In May, space opened up on the ground floor of Portland Storage. “I thought I’d just do Fort Modern better out of a retail space, but I also wanted to test Laundry in this space,” he says. “I started with one garment rack: A 1920sera garment rack from a German department store. I had one wall of the space with jerseys and vintage T-shirts. From the first day I opened the space, that was the business that got people excited.” “By the beginning of August, I decided to kick the training wheels off,” Yen continues. “I took out all of the furniture and shut down Fort Modern. At that time, another picker in town approached me about hosting a ’90s basketball jersey popup. We did that, and there were two dozen people waiting at the door before we opened...By the end of the pop-up, we were already receiving DMs from an NBA player who ended up visiting the next weekend. It’s just been growing almost exponentially each week.” Yen works with three other resellers, creating a treasure trove of vintage sportswear and ’90s nostalgia that strikes the rare balances between curation and a generous stocklist. Laundry has even become a resource for Portland’s sportwear titans, receiving visits from consultants from Nike, Adidas and Jordan Brand to inspect parts of Yen’s collection that could fill gaps in their institutional memories.
SPORTS AUTHORITY: Laundry.
Even better, Yen and his compatriots eschew the unfortunate trend of massive markups on hard-to-find vintage. Rarely, you’ll find yourself paying more than $40 for a garment in a city where desirable vintage tees can retail close to $100. “My ambition is to build an environment that spans time, invokes memory, connects people and spreads happiness,” says Yen. “Laundry is a reminder that memory is what gives meaning to things. That is something I see here every day.” GO: Laundry, 204 SE Alder St., Open noon- 6 pm, FridaySunday. Instagram: Laundrypdx. Willamette Week NOVEMBER 1, 2017 wweek.com
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THE BUMP
BEFORE THE BENEFITS OF GUSBANDRY RETURNS, SERIES CREATOR ALICIA J. ROSE EXPLAINS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE NEW SEASON.
ven though the episodes are all under 10 minutes long, it’s easy to miss all the details. So with Rose’s help, we annotated the new season’s second to last episode. In “Wake n Break,” Jackie photographs a wake-and-bake brunch while her phone blows up with texts from her ex, Lance (Andrew Harris), who thinks he may of given her an STD.
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The first season of The Benefits of Gusbandry seemed to come out of nowhere. Created by Portland director Alicia J. Rose, the web series follows the relationship of Jackie (Brooke Totman) and her best friend/gay husband River (Kurt Conroyd). Season one debuted on YouTube in 2015, and was entirely crowdfunded and self-promoted. Now, the filmed-in-Portland show has accumulated a national fan base and glowing reviews from the likes of NPR and the A.V. Club. Season two of Gusbandry is still full of lovable slacker antics and Jackie and River’s platonic devotion. But this time, it’s arriving with a national reputation and in a much darker political climate. The new season rises to the high stakes. Every scene is an amalgamation of Portland references, social commentary and Rose’s own experiences—whether it’s a night of jigsaw puzzles and tequila shots fraught with sexual tension, or a Planned Parenthood waiting room complete with pamphlets titled “Keeping Up With Chlamydia.”
The episode starts with a shot of a Lance’s black goldfish in Jackie’s bedroom. “That’s a detail from my friend’s life,” says Rose. “She told me, ‘I went on a Tinder date with this guy and all he had in his house was a bunch of jigsaw puzzles, a black goldfish and a dirty bowl. I still slept with him, but it was one of the weirdest experiences.’”
Andrea White, who teaches at Portland Actors Conservatory, plays the brunch’s chef. White has worked as a chef and is wearing her own chef’s coat.
Jackie wakes up late to a phone call from River. When he asks her if she’s getting paid to take pictures at the brunch and she replies, “Yes, and not even in weed this time.” Rose has in fact photographed several wake-and-bake brunches where she was paid in weed.
The brunch is hosted by Charlie, played by comedian Caitlin Weierhauser, who hosts the comedy showcase Lez Stand Up and placed in WW’s most recent Funniest Five comedy poll. Rose met Weierhauser when they were guests on the same local comedy show. “She had never acted in anything before,” says Rose. “It’s her first screen thing she ever did.”
Jackie gets a series of texts from Lance, who blacked out from tequila shots when they had sex the night before and woke up in her backyard. “We’ve all had some hard nights and woken up in some strange places,” says Rose. “Let’s just say there is some true life experience in that. I’m in my 40s, so I’ve seen a lot.”
The grower supplying the weed for Charlie’s brunch, Lotus Family Farms, is a real grower from outside of Portland. All the strains mentioned in the episode are strains they actually sell, including the Indubious Kush that’s served at the brunch with curry deviled eggs.
Charlie’s partner Max is played by Darius Pierce, who performs Portland Center Stage’s annual production of The Santaland Diaries. The cat T-shirt and zebra bathrobe he’s wearing are his real pajamas. “We’re going to bring them back in another season,” says Rose about Charlie and Max. “They’re sort of an unlikely couple. Who knows exactly what the basis of things are, who they actually sleep with or not—you just don’t know.”
GO: The Benefits of Gusbandry season 2 will be available for streaming on Amazon Prime on Tuesday, Nov. 7. It also screens at the Laurelhurst Theater, 2735 E Burnside St., as part of the Portland Film Festival at 9:15 pm on Friday, Nov. 3. See portlandfilmfestival.com for passes and individual tickets.
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CULMINATION II: Portland brewery Culmination is getting a satellite brewery in Bozeman, Mont. next year. The brewery’s founder and owner, Tomas Sluiter, is a longtime consultant and left Portland in October to work full-time as operations manager at Mountains Walking Brewery. Head brewer Conrad Andrus is managing Culmination in Portland. While in Montana, Sluiter will brew Culmination’s Phaedrus and Obscured by Clouds IPAs using Mountains’ equipment, as well as seasonal Pilsner and stout. Under the Culmination label, Sluiter will self-distribute in Montana. Sluiter says he considers this a viable means of expansion for a small brewery, and if the Montana experiment works, he may start mini-Culminations in other states with less-crowded markets—or even locations as far-flung as Vietnam or Hong Kong. “The big breweries do this,” says Sluiter. “They share production facilities and brew regionally.” CULMINATED: The Commons Brewery will close ahead of schedule. In September, the Commons surprised the Portland brew scene with the news they would be closing at the end of the year, turning over their space to California’s Modern Times brewing on January 1. But the final batch of Urban Farmhouse has already been brewed—and on October 24, the Commons announced the brewery would close on November 11. Until then, the brewery will be on reduced hours. >> Also unexpectedly closing on November 5 is Southwest Barbur Boulevard strip club Boom Boom Room, home to the following report on PDX Alerts September 14: “angry female just removed-threw 1 of her skateboards @ a semi, then fled on another skateboard.” Javier Garcia, owner of Xpose strip club, has filed an application to put another strip club called Reveal in its place. THE NEW NEW OREGON TRAIL: Travel Oregon has released a modern take of the classic Oregon Trail video game—but instead of dying from dysentery and trading for berries, you can buy kombucha and drink a pint of Lompoc at a brewery. From now until December 31 at traveloregon. com/thegame, you can play Travel Oregon: The Game, inspired by the classic 1971 Oregon Trail game, which was not inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame until last year for some reason. We started playing, and learned that you can purchase artisanal coffee and snow chains, plus visit a brewery, where you can drink Great Notion Key Lime Pie. Instead of dying from measles, you can die from the very real threats of food coma, wet socks, too much kombucha or car sickness.
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WHERE EAGLES DARE: While it’s hardly shocking that sleaze-rockers Eagles of Death Metal would play a show at a strip club, it’s a little surprising to learn that they apparently played one in Portland on a random Thursday night. On Oct. 26, the band stopped in at Devils Point on Southeast Powell Boulevard to play a show that was announced on social media only a few hours prior. It appears to have been the handiwork of Portland-connected Jackass alum “Danger” Ehren McGhehey, who’s touring with the band. Based on videos that have popped up on YouTube, they covered Motorhead’s “Ace of Spades” and performed “I Love You All the Time,” a song that was covered en masse in 2015 to raise money for the victims of the terrorist shooting at the Bataclan in Paris. Eagles of Death Metal was playing the venue the night gunmen opened fire and killed 89 people, including their merchandise manager.
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STANDING UPRIGHT
Take Me Apart,, Kelela's debut album, is exactly what this Tinder-exhausted world needs. With a sound that’s at once a tribute to ’90s R&B and wholly her own, she explores the messy nature of relationships and the empowerment of being alone. Hawthorne Theatre, 6 SE 39th. Ave., 503-233-7100, hawthornetheatre.com. 8 pm. $16 advance, $18 day of show. All ages. See profile, page 33.
The new weekly standup showcase hosted by Dylan Jenkins and Neeraj Srinivasan kicks off with an epic local lineup. Plus, it will be held at the brand-new Ape Theater, which was co-founded by Benefits of Gusbandry star Brooke Totman. The Ape Theater, 126 NE Alberta St., theapetheater.com. 7:30 pm. $5.
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In High-Proof PDX,, local food and drink writer Karen Locke tells the stories and gives the full lowdown on Portland’s hometown craft distillers, from groundbreaking Aviation gin to utterly unique-in-America baijiu distiller Vinn, who’ll pour out some Chinese-style liquor at the bookstore. Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, 503-284-1726, broadwaybooks.net. 7 pm. Free.
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What happens when Portland’s hardestspitting MC meets the city’s most slapWHERE WE'LL BE happy producer? Insert DRINKING CHINESE LIQUOR AND flame emojis here. Sheesh, their collaborative EP, dropped WATC H I N G M OV I E S A B O U T in August, but the heat coming S PAC E S H I P C AT S T H I S W E E K . off it has yet to die down. Peter’s Room at Roseland Theater, 8 NW 6th Ave., 971-230-0033, roselandpdx. com. 8 pm. $10. All ages.
44TH NORTHWEST FILMMAKERS’ FESTIVAL: SHORTS
On the third day of the festival, NW Film Center will screen 10 shorts by regional filmmakers about everything from spoken-word poems to cats that double as spaceships. NW Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 SW Park Ave., 503-894-7557, nwfilm.org. 7:15 pm. $9.
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PRAY FOR SNOW RELEASE
RAMEN AND WHISKY FESTIVAL
Rather than just pray for it, at 10 Barrel's winter-ale bottle release the Pearl District brewery will bring the snow in on a god-damned truck, then host a snowboarding rail jam in the middle of the street. It's the literal coolest thing in Portland. 10 Barrel, 1411 NW Flanders St., 503224-1700, 10barrel.com. 5-10 pm. Snowboard equipment giveaways at 8 pm.
There is ramen. There is whisky. There are pairings of ramen and whisky, with Japanese whisky titans and kick-ass ramen makers like Marukin and Han Oak. What could go wrong, except that the tickets run out? North Warehouse, 723 N Tillamook St., bit.ly/ramenandwhisky2017. Noon-5 pm. Sold out.
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WATER BY THE SPOONFUL AND THE HAPPIEST SONG PLAYS LAST
PDX Contemporary Ballet opens their second season with three new pieces, all of which were created in collaboration with local authors. N.E.W. Expressive Works, 810 SE Belmont St., pdxcb.com. 2:30 pm. $15 in advance, $20 at the door.
Profile Theater is staging two plays from Quiara Alegría Hudes' trilogy that follows Elliot Ruiz, a 19-year-old Puerto Rican-American veteran. The shows stand on their own, but considering how arrestingly poetic Profile’s season has been so far, you’ll want to see both. Artists Repertory Theatre, 1515 SW Morrison St., profiletheater.org. Water by the Spoonful is at 2 pm, The Happiest Song Plays Last is at 7:30. $20-$36 per show.
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LIDIA YUKNAVITCH
After seven years in the wilderness, one of modern punk’s best songwriters has re-emerged with The Hanged Man, an album that takes on the current political crisis and his own existential crisis with all the empathy and melody he’s acclaimed for. Revolution Hall, 1300 SE Stark St. #110, 503-288-3895, revolutionhall.com. 8 pm. $18 advance, $20 day of show. 21+. See profile, page 29.
In her new book The Misfit's Manifesto, consistent Oregon Book Award shoo-in Lidia Yuknavitch examines the peculiar merits and tribulations of the ill-fitting outsider, in a book of essays by turns tragic and romantic. Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, 503-284-1726, broadwaybooks.net. 7 pm. Free.
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INTERNATIONAL SHERRY WEEK
WONDERSTRUCK
There are just seven official Sherry educators in the U.S.—and one of them is Cheryl Wakerhauser at Pix/Bar Vivant. She’ll be officially teaching a class to 16 lucky people for $16 apiece for Sherry Week—or you can just pop in anytime this week for kick-ass Valdespino flights. Bar Vivant, 2225 E Burnside St., 971-271-7166, barvivant.com. 5:30 pm.
The new movie from Portland-based director Todd Haynes is seriously feelgood. Wonderstruck interlocks heartfelt storylines about two deaf children who run away to New York City. Fox Tower, 846 SW Park Ave., 844-462-7342. Various showtimes. $9.75-$11.75 Willamette Week NOVEMBER 1, 2017 wweek.com
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FOOD & DRINK = WW Pick. Highly recommended. By MATTHEW KORFHAGE. Editor: MARTIN CIZMAR. Email: dish@wweek.com. See page 3 for submission instructions.
THURSDAY, NOV. 2 High-Proof PDX
Vietnamese seafood & Hot Pot Happy Hour 3:30-5:30pm EvErydAy
4229 SE 82nd Ave #3 • 503.841.5610
In High-Proof PDX, local food and drink writer Karen Locke tells the stories and gives the full lowdown on Portland’s hometown craft distillers, including baijiu distiller Vinn, who’ll pour out some Chinese-style liquor at the bookstore. Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, 503-284-1726, broadwaybooks.net. 7 pm. Free.
SATURDAY, NOV. 4 Pray for Snow Release
Rather than just pray for it, at 10 Barrel’s winter-ale bottle release the Pearl District brewery will bring the snow in on a goddamn truck, then host a snowboarding rail jam in the middle of the street. 10 Barrel, 1411 NW Flanders St., 503-224-1700, 10barrel.com. 5-10 pm. Snowboard equipment giveaways at 8 pm.
Art and Beer: Pitchering Oregon
For the 8th year, Oregon brewers have made beer to pair with art showcasing landscapes from around the state. This means rabbi-blessed kosher beer paired with a picture of a synagogue, a desiccated-hops-and-spruce-tips beer from de Garde paired with a photo of a clear-cut, and a lichen-andbark beer from Hopworks to go with the Columbia Slough. Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave., 1-6 pm. $20 advance for 10 tasting tokens.
MONDAY, NOV. 6 Haitian Food Pop-up
Elsy Dinvil will be cooking up the Creole food of her native Haiti all evening at Tamale Boy—that means fried spicy plantains, beef taso, braised turkey legs in Creole sauce and pumpkin soup. Tamale Boy, 668 N Russell St. 6-8:30 pm. Order in advance at creolecravings.maxcheckout.com.
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Short Round
3962 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 503-384-2564, shortroundpdx.com. Short Round is the late-night Vietnamese spot we need on the eastside—with nice bò tái chanh beef salad and lots of fun cocktails including a killer fish-sauce Bloody Mary. $.
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PaaDee
6 SE 28th Ave., 503-360-1453, paadeepdx.com. On the Monday-Tuesday Issan menu, order fiery nahm prik hed oyster-relish with an order of pork rinds. Weirdest, best chips and dip in Portland. $$.
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Beeswing
510 SW 3rd Ave. and eight other locations, beeswingpdx.com. Marissa Lorette’s baked goods— specifically sourdough waffles and world-beating biscuits—have been the standouts at new Cully brunch spot Beewswing. But as of last month, they’re branching out to serve dinner. $.
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Alto Bajo
310 SW Stark St., 971-222-2111, altobajopdx.com. Credit where due: Their chile poblano relleno with apples and almonds is one of the most inventive and lovely Mexican plates we’ve had in Portland. $$$.
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Dil Se
1201 SW Jefferson St., 503-804-5619, dilsepdx.com. Our favorite South-Indian masala dosas in Portland city limits. $$.
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Beast From the East (Barley Brown’s)
It’s all a little... hazy... now, but the local debut of the cloudy New England IPA was not without its pushback. Brewers, in particular, were not initially stoked on the style—which customers love, but which goes against basic standards of their craft. The brewers who were the most resistant were the ones who make great “regular” IPAs—like Baker City’s Barley Brown’s, one of the most awarded breweries in the state and also among the new traditionalists. Well, we finally have a hazy from Barley Brown’s. Brewer-owner Tyler Brown and his crew have made a hazy that delivers Barley Brown’s signature flavor profile through the use of fruity, low-dankness hops that are from the early harvest. They use no hops in the kettle, but use dry-hopping to deliver a big hit of flavor. They also use finings to get the yeast to drop out of the beer, leaving proteins in suspension to give the beer a soft Orange Julius glow. My only complaint is that it’s a little too bitter—I’ve always loved the softness of the cloudy class. But for drinkers who feel like most hazies lack punch, this is the one that’ll hit them in just the right place. MARTIN CIZMAR.
Dream State
(Little Beast) Let this sink in for a second: The best new brewery in Oregon this year is in Beaverton. Since this summer, Logsdon co-founder Charles Porter’s Little Beast has released at least four beers that should become Oregon classics—and strawberry-rich Dream State is one of them. Porter’s beers are all about creating subtlety through near-obsessive complexity—like a hairdresser in the ’90s, he’s all about layering. Dream State is a barley, wheat and oat beer aged in a wooden foeder once used to age wine and fermented with enough bugs to fill a zoo: three strains of saccharomyces, a lactobacillus strain and three strains of brett. Then, as if that gallimaufry of grain and souring bacteria weren’t enough, Porter threw 950 pounds of strawberries into the mix. The result is dry, complex and pungently fruity, not to mention softly funky in the manner of a Michael McDonald song. Strawberry is a weird fruit for brewing, and a few sensitive tasters have complained of the plasticky phenol notes endemic to beers made with it. Do not listen to such people. This is berry for miles and miles, and it is unendingly delicious. Recommended. MATTHEW KORFHAGE.
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(Upright) Ives is a deeply weird beer. It’s not showily weird, like beer made with Pop Tarts. It’s genuinely alien: It somehow tastes and feels more like vermouth or natural wine than beer. After nearly two years in a barrel with orchard yeast, the unprocessed wheat and Pilsner-malt mash somehow turned itself into Dolin Blanc. Like Cantillon Grand Cru, Ives is utterly uncarbonated and best served warm, but it doesn’t taste anything like Cantillon Grand Cru—it finishes soft but is sweet to the tongue, surprisingly viscous, wild as an African refuge and aromatic as a flower-filled meadow. At least one of our beer writers has declared it the best beer he’s tasted this year. As for me, quite frankly, I just can’t figure the damn thing out. But even at a whopping $14 for a 375-milliliter bottle it’s a beer I’ll probably taste three more times as its flavor changes—because Ives is a weird fucking beer, and I like vermouth. MATTHEW KORFHAGE.
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When “celebrity chef ” is used to promote a new restaurant, warning bells jangle. Most places fronted by TV-famous cooks are disasters, lowlighted by shitty food and prices only an accountant could love. If Chef Bigshot ever drops in, he or she might need to ask directions to the kitchen. I wasn’t thrilled at last fall’s announcement that San Francisco chef and food TV star Chris Cosentino would be opening a hotel restaurant downtown called Jackrabbit with local bike buddy Chris DiMinno, formerly of Clyde Common. Over the six-month run up to Jackrabbit’s late-spring opening, the gregarious Cosentino hopped into Portland on a surprisingly regular basis, always insisting he would be a hands-on operator even if he wasn’t around day-to-day. I didn’t believe he’d actually be in Portland all that much, but after a half-dozen visits since opening, it’s apparent Cosentino has kept a sharp eye and deft hand on this restaurant. Jackrabbit has exceeded my expectations. Early accounts had me thinking the dining room would resemble an entrail-splattered abattoir floor. Though Cosentino’s celebrity derives partly from his facility with offal, describing Jackrabbit as gut-centric is a little unfair given the menu’s broad range. Sure, it’s meaty, but it’s also in a hotel lobby. Cosentino and his business brain Oliver Wharton are savvy enough to understand that most tourists and expense account types want steak, not pork bung. Naturally, the highlight at dinner is a chunk of beef. It’s splashy in both price and presentation: For $120, you get a “pin bone steak,” essentially a steroidal Porterhouse sliced from the bone à la Peter Luger and served on a massive slab of wood with roasted fingerling potatoes and seasonal vegetables. It’ll feed four average humans at that price. While a few slices of our medium-rare pin bone crept beyond medium, we found solace dunking the meat—and everything else on the table—in the accompanying saucepan full of
manna-like melted bone marrow, seasoned simply with salt and garlic slices. The biggest star on the menu is easily overlooked: The humble “House Potatoes” ($7 lunch/$8 dinner) are a big bowl of skin-on Yukon Golds that have been boiled, coarsely shredded into chunks and bits of all sizes, then deep-fried to a divine, crunchy, greaseless golden brown and augmented with smoked aioli. I knew it was a winner when my vegan buddy couldn’t keep his hands out of the bowl. (Luckily, the potatoes are vegan.) A whole greens-stuffed trout ($30) was fine at another dinner, a gooey Taleggio grilled cheese sandwich with duck egg and honey ($14) made for a satisfying lunch, and the shmaltz-enriched deviled eggs are pure ovoid ecstasy. We also wolfed down an order of pappardelle ($25) in which the lamb sugo with pickled peppers and goat cheese starred, and my boozer buddies were very excited about Jackrabbit’s big gin collection. There are only a few things to complain about. The too-clever-by-half “Around The World in 8 Hams” touches only two continents and at $25 is a bit of a gouge. The “Lettuces & Herbs” salad ($10/$11) is a smattering of leaves dressed lightly with an uninspired lemon vinaigrette. And the beef heart tartare ($16) is an egregious misuse of a delightfully un-organ-y tasting organ. You may also want to avoid the main dining area’s packed, too-wide tables—which require conversation partners to shout. Opt instead for the darker, more intimate and comfortable back dining room. Wherever you sit, know that pig ’s heads and other such oddments can be delicious, but they’re not for everyone. If Chef Cosentino is in the house—and he might be— take it up with him.
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Hang in There AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS FORCED TED LEO INTO HIDING. NOW HE’S BACK TO CONFRONT IT ON RECORD. BY M AT T H E W S I N G E R
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In retrospect, the smart move for Ted Leo would’ve been to quit. He can admit that now. There was never much money in being a touring punk musician, even for one as widely acclaimed and admired as him. But when the bottom fully dropped out seven years ago, leaving him without a label and few prospects, he probably should’ve taken it as a sign to hang up his guitar and learn to code or something. “To be honest, I had that in my head for a long enough period of time that I probably should’ve acted on it,” says Leo, 47, enjoying an unseasonably warm fall afternoon on his porch back home in Rhode Island. “It was a real roll of the dice. I was hand-to-mouthing it and walking a tightrope of not being able to pay rent for way longer than I should have given age and life experience. It would go so far as to say it was irresponsible.” Nevertheless, he persisted. After a long period in the rock wilderness, Leo reemerged in September with The Hanged Man, an album he funded, with some reluctance, through a Kickstarter campaign. Going “hat-in-hand,” as he puts it, to make a record wasn’t something he ever imagined having to do. But if that’s what was going to get it done, he had to do it—not just for the financial stability of his family, but for his own well-being. In the years since the world last heard from him, Leo struggled with more than just a stalled career. There were personal tragedies he didn’t know how to deal with and secret childhood traumas he finally decided to face. He’d entered middle age, causing him to look back on and reconsider his youth. And that’s not to mention the current American political crisis, which began just as his own existential crisis was cresting. As much as the thought of pivoting into a new line of work weighed on his conscience, quitting music was never really an option for Leo. There was too much to process, and writing songs is the only way he’s ever known how to make sense of the world. What he did have to do, though, was effectively relearn how to be a working artist again. “The idea of going into doing my own next record was really frightening for me, because it’d been so long and I’d been so dejected by what I felt was a lack of support from my label,” Leo says. “And I honestly didn’t know if people were going to care. That was the first thing: Is this even going to be successful?” For longtime fans, it’s probably hard to imagine any Ted Leo project being met with mass indifference. In the early aughts, the New Jersey-raised songwriter established himself as one of the underground’s most literate and empathetic voices.
Whether singing about eating disorders or the crimes of the Bush administration, his gift for melody could make you feel like he was singing directly to you, and with a reassuring hand on your shoulder. Surely, if you heard him even once, you’d look forward to hearing from him again. But Leo’s concerns were not unfounded. The Brutalist Bricks, his 2010 album and last before his hiatus, did not meet the commercial expectations of his label, indie heavyweight Matador Records. Both sides are mum on the details, but their relationship quickly soured, and Leo got out of his contract. On top of that, two of the labels that released his earlier albums, Lookout and Touch & Go, went out of business within a few years of each other. In ways both literal and symbolic, it seemed like the independent music culture that had supported and sustained Leo for so long was starting to leave him behind. “When we were touring on The Brutalist Bricks, that’s when I really started to feel the pinch of so many aspects of the changing business,” he says. “There was so much change that it became an open question, until very recently for me, about how this all works going forward.”
“THE IDEA OF GOING INTO DOING MY OWN NEXT RECORD WAS REALLY FRIGHTENING FOR ME, BECAUSE IT’D BEEN SO LONG. AND I HONESTLY DIDN’T KNOW IF PEOPLE WERE GOING TO CARE.” Following that last tour, Leo mostly retreated from public view. But his issues with the industry were not the main reason he went into self-imposed exile. In 2011, his wife, Jodi, gave birth to their daughter several months premature. The baby did not survive. As he told Stereogum in the article that reintroduced him to the world earlier this year, Leo initially tried to work through his grief, but found himself creatively paralyzed. So he “chose to accept this suspension of time and hibernate.” Playing with his friend, Aimee Mann, in pop-rock duo the Both helped get him writing again. But there was still more pain for him to confront. In that same profile, Leo also revealed that he had been sexually abused twice as a child, first by a neighbor, then by his piano teacher— something he hadn’t even told his parents at the time of the interview. Given those revelations, when The Hanged Man finally arrived two months ago, critics assigned the album a heavier emotional weight than Leo’s other releases, which have tended to be more outward-facing and political. At first, the narrative made him bristle.
“When people say it’s my most personal record and all that stuff, I always want to push back a little bit because I’ve always been talking about both personal stuff and political stuff all the time, usually in the same song,” he says. “But then I take a step back from it and I’m like, oh, but my life has been such in the last eight, 10 years that I guess it does feel a little deeper in some ways.” Recorded in his home studio, mostly in solitude, The Hanged Man is the first album credited only to Ted Leo and not also his backing band, the Pharmacists. And indeed, it contains some gut-wrenching moments of raw emotional intimacy. On “Lonsdale Avenue,” which Leo performs accompanied only by his own electric guitar, he lays his anguish bare. “I couldn’t protect her from this life and all its pain,” he sings of the daughter he never got to know. “We called her many things, and those she’ll remain.” But true to form, Leo is never just thinking about himself. Opener “Moon Out of Phase,” again featuring just his voice and the heaviest guitar tone he’s ever employed, was written in direct reaction to the election, but it’s not a rant against Trump so much
as a clarion call to everyone affected by his presidency. While the album has fewer of the riotous power-pop anthems he made his name on, those that it does have rank with the best of Leo’s career. In particular, “You’re Like Me” uses a classic, heart-pumping arrangement to send a message to anyone suffering from wounds they still can’t speak of out loud: “Drop to a secret that in silence you bore/You’re like me, you’re like me.” Now that’s he out on the road again, playing with an expanded version of the Pharmacists, Leo confesses that even he is startled by how cathartic playing these songs has been, for himself and the audience. And having seen the crowd-funding model work firsthand, he’s beginning to think about what’s next—he says he’s got a ton of leftover songs he’d love to get out sooner than later. But the path forward still isn’t totally clear to him. All he can do is take it album by album, tour by tour. That’s likely fine by his fans. After all, it’s better than the alternative. “I have to be circumspect about this in the future,” Leo says. “This in no way has set me up as independently wealthy. All the money went into making the record. But I am able to survive for another cycle. So we’ll see how it goes.” SEE IT: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists play Revolution Hall, 1300 SE Stark St. #110, with Ian Sweet, on Monday, Nov. 6. 8 pm. $18 advance, $20 day of show. 21+. Willamette Week NOVEMBER 1, 2017 wweek.com
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[INOFFENSIVE INDIE] On Offering, Cults’ third album and first in four years, the New York-based two-piece of Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin bring back the same twee, inoffensive music that has been an anchor of every “Essential Indie-Pop” playlist since they released the impossibly catchy “Always Forever” in 2013. On Offering, Oblivion and Follin incorporate ‘80s synths, bringing a distinctly feel-good high-school movie vibe to their previously darker-tinged albums, switching out samples of Jim Jones recordings for wispy, Kate Bush-like vocals. SOPHIA JUNE. Star Theater, 13 NW 6th Ave, 503-248-4700. 9 pm. $19. 21+.
THURSDAY, NOV. 2 6LACK, Sabrina Claudio, Sy Ari The Kid
[TRAP] Everyone loves a good rags-to-riches story. For 6lack—simply pronounced “black”—it’s one that’s still developing, but he’s certainly come a long way. Despite releasing his fairly well-received debut album Free 6lack just last year, the 25-year-old has technically been in the game for the majority of the 2010s, solely using Soundcloud as his platform. After years spent uploading tracks online in between sleeping on the floor of his recording studio and sometimes on the streets, 6lack finally landed his first platinum single with “Prblms,” a perfect exhibit of his supple, trap-influenced R&B. CERVANTE POPE. Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside St, 503-225-0047. 9 pm. $29.50. All Ages.
Odesza, Sofi Tucker, Kasbo
[ORGANIC EDM] Leave it to a pair of computer science majors from Bellingham to create a fusion of EDM and new age that sounds just as good in a snowboarding video as it does in the dance tent at Sasquatch. Originally catching fire in 2012 with a hot streak of club-ready remixes and wideeyed ambition, Odesza’s ascendance to blue-chip status continues on this years A Moment Apart, an album full of cinematic stadium electro loaded with worldly earworms and guest vocal spots from Regina Spektor, Leon Bridges and a handful of others. PETE COTTELL. Memorial Coliseum, 300 N Winning Way, 503-235-8771. 7:30 pm. $34$119. All ages.
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[CLANG AND BANG] Putting Ministry and Death Grips together on the same show might be the perfect concoction—even though, on paper, the bands don’t totally line up. One are industrial-rock pioneers, the other are noisy hip-hop iconoclasts, but both produce vicious songs with aggressive beats and in-your-face melodies. Ministry’s latest single, “Dancing Madly Backwards,” is pushing them from industrial metal into more electronic realms, while Death Grips has released “Steroids (Crouching Tiger Hidden Gabber)” a 22-minute song that could be considered either a single or an EP. SETH SHALER. Roseland Theater, 8 NW 6th Ave., 971-230-0033. 8 pm. Sold out. 21+.
[RETRO-FUTURE POP] Kali Uchis is the next to blow up, if she hasn’t already. With a sound blending the oldest school of bubblegum soul with thoroughly modern production and a Technicolor look, the Colombia-born, Virginia-raised singer made her name by lending her pouty purr to tracks from Tyler the Creator and Gorillaz. She’s been in major label development since her self-released debut EP, Por Vida, caught fire in 2015, but that’s hasn’t stopped her star from rising—for example, this show had to be moved from Hawthorne Theatre to accommodate demand. Once she drops her eventual full-length, expect to find her in an even bigger room, and for the sell-out to come even quicker. MATTHEW SINGER. Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St, 503-284-8686. 8 pm. Sold out. All ages.
SATURDAY, NOV. 4 King Krule, Mal Devisa
[DAMAGED WUNDERKIND] A diminutive British redhead with a voice that sounds like Tom Waits swallowing Joe Strummer, 23-yearold Archy Marshall has confounded listeners since his mid-teens. He’s released music under his birth name and the moniker Zoo Kid, but he’s really connected as King Krule. It’s
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about two dozen bands at a time. But when he and his wife, Shana Lindbeck, decamped to Germany for a yearlong sabbatical back in 2015, he was forced to downsize. Thus, they formed the duo Dreckig. Acting as a sort of stripped-down, spaced-out version of the other group they play in together, the semi-traditional cumbia army Orquestra Pacifico Tropical, the band filters Latin dance rhythms through a portal of krautrock and electronic club music. Like most of Fimbres’ projects, it’s equal parts trippy and deeply groovy. Tonight, the pair celebrate the release of the second Dreckig album, Space In Time/ Time In Space. MATTHEW SINGER. Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water Ave, 503328-2865. $7. 9:30 pm. 21+.
FIVE GREAT DEEP CUTS FROM THE FIRST 10 YEARS OF TENDER LOVING EMPIRE BY FOUNDER JARED MEES
Finn Riggins, “Battle”
The absurdist lyrics about funny-shaped chicken nuggets offset Finn Riggins’ signature frenetic drumming, stabbing organs and doubledup vox. It was recorded in a hot-as-hell warehouse in Torrance, Calif., and you can almost hear the sweat dripping off of it.
2 Typhoon, “The Sickness Unto Death” One of the most emotionally touching songs TLE has ever released. Kyle Morton’s honesty is heartbreaking and inspiring at the same time on this minimal acoustic gem. 3 Loch Lomond, “Blood Bank” This was one of the first songs by Loch Lomond I connected with. The strange, visceral lyrics, combined with Ritchie Young’s otherworldly falsetto, all set to textbook chamber-pop instrumentation is enough to make you feel uncomfortable then comforted multiple times in the span of one song. 4 Y La Bamba, “Viuda Encabronada” One of the lesser-known, all-Spanish songs from Y La Bamba’s 2012 epic Court the Storm, this tune just overflows with energy that isn’t easily defined by a specific Latin musical tradition. Luz Elena Mendoza’s vocal really shines on the down tempo middle section. 5 Magic Sword, “The Way Home” This song is the soundtrack to my dreams—specifically, a montage where I am flying and dipping and soaring in tandem with the swirling synths and gated-reverb drum fills. It’s so epic that I never want to wake up. SEE IT: Tender Loving Empire celebrates their 10th anniversary Wednesday-Sunday, Nov. 1-5, at multiple venues. See alltogetherfestival.com for the complete schedule. Hear a playlist of more TLE deep cuts at wweek.com. Willamette Week NOVEMBER 1, 2017 wweek.com
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the Topshelf label in the mid-‘00s. In a D.I.Y. scene that has embraced Alex G-style bedroom pop a little too much recently, a dynamic and powerful band like Horse Movies really stands out, particularly in a live setting. Also on tonight’s bill are Hemingway, whose excellent 2017 effort, You Will Never Be Happy, has them deserving of a whole lot more local recognition. BLAKE HICKMAN. Anarres Infoshop, 7101 N Lombard St. 7 pm. Contact venue for ticket prices. All ages.
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[ALT COUNTRY] Merge Records’ resident chameleon MC Taylor fuses together a diverse range of influences to create an inimitable brand of sunny Americana— think the Grateful Dead led by Tom Petty. Hallelujah Anyhow was released last month on the heels of last year’s Heart Like A Levee, and both bear a singular, Dylanesque sincerity that’s made electric by the crack-shot backing band Taylor employed for them. CRIS LANKENAU. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave, 503-2349694. 8 pm. $17. 21+.
Deer Tick, Jena Friedman
[FOLK GRUNGE] After nearly calling it quits during a four-year hiatus to focus on adult life stuff, Rhode Island indie rockers Deer Tick have thankfully returned to music with not just one but two new albums showcasing the band’s musical versatility. Vol.1 and Vol.2 respectively separate the band’s acoustic, country-inspired folk side from their noisy grungerock roots—though both of which reflect a newfound, high-spirited maturity. On their current tour, the foursome will also split the acoustic from the electric, playing two sets of new songs mixed with reinventions of the classics. SHANNON ARMOUR. Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St, 503284-8686. 8:30 pm. $20 advance, $25 day of show. 21+.
MONDAY, NOV. 6 Hemingway, Struckout, Horse Movies, Loose
[ADULT SWIM RAP] We all remember when we first heard rapper Tyler the Creator and his band of ne’er-do-wells known as Odd Future. Maybe it was on Jimmy Fallon’s show, when he sizzled and seized through “Sandwitches” in front of an awed studio audience. Or maybe it was South By Southwest 2014, when he got arrested for inciting a riot. Raised on Eminem and Jackass, Tyler’s music is a bizarre blend of pop-culture-fueled shock— it challenges, offends and alienates all at once. But compared to the exhaustingly manic tones of his previous work, his latest record, Flower Boy, is a surprising and welcome breath of fresh air. Meditative, mature and sincere, it marks a new chapter in Tyler’s career. JUSTIN CARROLL-ALLAN. Crystal Ballroom 1332 W Burnside St, 503-225-0047. 8 pm. Sold out. All ages.
Blanck Mass, Egyptrixx
[ELECTROTHRASH] Benjamin John Powers, of U.K. electronic duo Fuck Buttons, integrates the cinematic tone of John Carpenter’s film soundtracks with the inventive palate of a foley artist to create dark, sinister pieces that could provide a lifetime of nightmare fodder. On his recent World Eater album, he indulges his attention-deficit tendencies with an ever-evolving barrage of unlikely percussive elements and enveloping, anxietyinducing tones that are hard not to engage with. CRIS LANKENAU. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St, 503-239-7639. 8:30pm. $12 advance, $15 day of show. 21+.
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ing—and sometimes funky—1970s horror soundtracks for films like Dawn of the Dead and Suspiria, Goblin played Portland for the first time in 2013, and is returning now for a delayed Halloween treat. While outspoken keyboardist Claudio Simonetti is off fronting his own, more metallic version of Goblin, this current tour features original guitarist Massimo Morante and original bassist Fabio Pignatelli, along with drummer Agostino Marangolo and synths by Maurizio Guarini, both of which played on the Roller and Suspiria albums. Goblin’s catalog can be spotty at times, and its later work is not going to keep you up at night, but a greatest hits set by four of the five major players from its history promises to be exquisite. NATHAN CARSON. Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St, 503-284-8686. 8:30 pm. $25 general admission, $70 VIP package. 21+.
CLASSICAL, JAZZ & WORLD Habib Koité, DakhaBrakha
Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber
[JAZZ-HOP] The full gamut of Afro-centric musical traditions combine inside Burnt Sugar. This rotating large ensemble, founded by legendary Village Voice music writer and guitarist Greg Tate, builds upon the psychedelic improvisational tradition set forth by early ’70s recordings like Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew and Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi. With a crew of about a dozen souls keeping the psychedelic groove train moving at all times, the band’s latest album, All You Zombies Dig The Luminosity is as dense as the title, with numerous voices, horns and synthesizers in constant battle for the spotlight. PARKER HALL. Jack London Revue, 529 SW 4th Ave, 503-228-7605. 8 pm Saturday, Nov. 4. $25 advance, $30 day of show. 21+.
Giulia Valle Trio
[UNDERTONES] Though she was born in San Remo, Italy, bassist Giulia Valle has spent the vast majority of her years in Barcelona, where she slowly developed a sense of avant-garde harmony as colorful as the city itself. A mesmerizingly melodic bassist with a gentle but persistent sense of time, Valle paints beautiful, flowing musical backdrops inside of her piano-bass-drums trio, curating a musical symbiosis with her partners that is thoughtful and full of space. There is perhaps no more compelling piano trio to pair with a cold fall evening, with Valle’s group offering musical palates the same depth and complexity as a fine Spanish Amontillado. PARKER HALL. Classic Pianos, 3033 SE Milwaukie Avenue, 503-5465622. 7:30 pm Tuesday, Nov. 7. $20 advance, $25 day of show. All ages.
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Single and Living It KELELA’S SPACEY R&B IS THE ANTIDOTE TO TINDER.
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lot of great things have been happening to Kelela lately. And one of the greatest, according to her, was hearing her new single, “Frontline,” in Issa Rae’s acclaimed HBO comedy Insecure. “It was an incredible experience,” says the D.C.-born, London-based R&B singer. “That’s probably the most black people who’ve heard my music in a single instance, and that means the world to me.” The pairing makes perfect sense. Like Insecure, Kelela’s music is exactly what the Tinder-exhausted world needs right now. On her debut album, Take Me Apart, she explores a lot of the same themes as the show—the messy nature of relationships and breakups, the often confusing rules of modern dating and what it’s like to be a single black woman in this fucked-up world. “Frontline” is the opening track, and while the production is atmospheric and airy, her insistence on autonomy is bold and empowering. It’s a song for the precise moment when you’ve finally had enough, when you charge out of your ex’s apartment complex, still vibrating with fear and the exhilaration of freedom. But Kelela says that Take Me Apart isn’t a breakup album, per se. “It’s really about relationships, and how they evolve, and how, when you separate from some people, what happens to yourself,” Kelela says. “That’s what I’m the most interested in because a lot of my personal growth has come in severing ties.” Take Me Apart’s sound is at once a tribute to ’90s R&B and wholly Kelela’s own invention. While her voice lives somewhere between Velvet Rope-era Janet Jackson and Aaliyah circa 1997, the production—from club music veteran Jam City and experimental darling Kwes, among others—is diverse and experimental, forming vast soundscapes for her to move around in. “LMK” is made for dancing away the sadness of moving out, and “Better” has a sorrowful maturity for the afternoon when you accidentally spend two hours looking through your Facebook photos. Then there’s the space-age wonder of “Jupiter,” which reminds us to embrace the unknown and insists “there’s a lot still to live for.” Less about the act of breaking up itself, the songs on Kelela’s debut are about self-discovery, which is at once a wonderful and terrifying idea. The fear of loneliness can shackle people in unhealthy relationships for far longer than necessary. But on Take Me Apart, Kelela finds strength in being alone. “Oftentimes, the part of a relationship that shapes me the most is the harder times rather than the great times,” Kelela says. “I’m interested in using vulnerability as a tool, rather than recoiling from it. That’s what the album is about.” JUSTIN CARROLL-ALLAN SEE IT: Kelela plays Hawthorne Theatre, 1507 SE Cesar Chavez Blvd., with Lafawndah, on Wednesday, Nov. 1. 8 pm. $16 advance, $18 day of show. All ages.
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[MALI MEETS UKRAINE] Legendary Malian guitarist-vocalist Habib Koité plays what looks like a normal classical guitar, but he doesn’t tune it like one. Instead, each of his strings is part of a five-tone African scale, with Koité playing the axe as though it was a West African ngoni. Tonight, he will pair this extraordinary guitar tone and calm, bluesy vocals with the sounds of a quartet from Ukraine called DakhaBrakha— “Give/Take” in old Ukrainian. Like Koité, DakhaBrakha combines traditional folk instruments with beautiful modern visuals and various African and world music influences, with the pair offering an evening of sonic exploration that should be inked in bold at the top of any musical adventurer’s must-see list. PARKER HALL. Star Theater, 13 NW 6th Ave, 503-248-4700. 9 pm Friday, Nov. 3. $25 advance, $30 day of show. 21+.
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Jessica Boudreaux NO FURY (New Moss) THE SUMMER CANNIBALS FRONTWOMAN GOES POP. [SYNTH-POP] Considering the fuzzed-out fury of Jessica Boudreaux ’s m a i n g i g , i t ’s h a r d t o imagine the Summer C an ni bals fr on twom an would need a different outlet to craft a breakup record. But rather than dial the amps up past 11, Boudreaux retreated to the bedroom to employ a synth-pop sound for her debut solo record, No Fury. Acting as a purging of pent-up emotion than a reluctant rumination on wasted emotional labor, the album turns out to be a fun diversion. Though the tone and timbre vary wildly between one track to the next, Boudreaux’s steadfast swagger throughout binds No Fury into a cohesive whole. On tracks like the jagged, disco-tinged opener “Ask Me To” and the solemn slow-burner “Never Get You,” her bloodletting comes in service of moving onward and upward rather than stewing over the past. The record really hits its stride halfway through, when Boudreaux eschews her post-grunge grrrl vibe for the pop delivery of Gwen Stefani and Debbie Harry, even dipping her toe into Christina Aguilera territory on “Parts.” Summer Cannibals fans might feel a slight jolt from the shiny production and sugary vocal style, but thanks to Boudreaux’s careful study in the art of popcraft, the transition is relatively seamless. PETE COTTELL. SEE IT: Jessica Boudreaux plays Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., with Candace and Strange Babes DJs, on Sunday, Nov. 5. 8:30 pm. $8 advance, $10 day of show. 21+.
Mic Capes & Drae Slapz SHEESH (Self-Released) ST. JOHNS’ MVP PUTS THE HIP-HOP WORLD ON NOTICE. [RAP DREAMS] Mic Capes has goals. He’s also got threats. And sometimes, they’re one and the same. “I might just sell out the Garden/Bet they gonna cut me that check,” he raps on his new EP. “Meet all of my favorite artists/Then make ’em a target and go for their necks.” On last year’s Concrete Dreams, the North Portland MC told listeners about where he came from. Sheesh, a five-song quick-hitter credited to himself and producer Drae Slapz, is focused on where he’s going from here. Clearly, he’s thinking big. “I might just be the best out the upper left,” he boasts on the title track, “and beyond that, that’s where my mind’s at.” On “Well Known,” Capes surveys his burgeoning reputation at home, predicting that he’ll one day have his face immortalized on the St. Johns Bridge, while “I Might” is a laundry list of even loftier aspirations, from castle ownership to headlining MSG. Slapz’s booming, spacious production fits the rapper’s bullying lyrical style, framing his voice with little more than low-rumbling bass and flecks of horns and strings. But the highlight here is “Passion Froot,” a slinky outlier with a seductive two-part hook. Jacking the title of this year’s big Drake single to spit some game of his own, it’s the first Mic Capes song you can imagine hearing on the radio. That check he’s angling for might be coming sooner than later. Aubrey, best protect your neck. MATTHEW SINGER. SEE IT: Mic Capes and Drae Slapz play Peter’s Room at Roseland Theater, 8 NW 6th Ave., with Rasheed Jamal, Fountaine, Karma Rivera and Romeo Akil, on Friday, Nov. 3. 8 pm. $10. All ages. 34
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MUSIC CALENDAR WED. NOV. 1 Bunk Bar
1028 SE Water Ave Youngblood, Fringe Class
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W Burnside St Silversun Pickups, Minus The Bear
Doug Fir Lounge 830 E Burnside St Over the Rhine
Fremont Theater
2393 NE Fremont Street Alan Jones Sextet
Hawthorne Theatre
1507 SE César E. Chávez Blvd Kelela, Lafawndah
Holocene
Dia De Los Muertos with Orquestra Pacifico Tropical, Y La Bamba, Savila, Bells Atlas, Danza Azteca 426 SW Washington St The Thesis
426 SW Washington St Fells Acres, Terms of Youth, Důddř
LaurelThirst Public House
2958 NE Glisan St Madison Crawford & The Half Of It with Livy Conner
Roseland Theater 8 NW 6th Ave Witt Lowry
The Fixin’ To
8218 N Lombard St The Shriekers, Lagoon Squad, Aw Mercy
The Goodfoot
2845 SE Stark St The Moves Collective
The Know
3728 NE Sandy Blvd Dreamdecay, Public Eye, Miscomings
The Secret Society
Aladdin Theater
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave Frankie Ballard
Ash Street Saloon
225 SW Ash St LIquidLight, Coloring Electric Like, Homind Prime
Bunk Bar
1028 SE Water Ave The Breaking, Surrealized, Pacific Latitudes
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W Burnside St 6LACK, Sabrina Claudio, Sy Ari The Kid
Dante’s
350 W Burnside St Lee “Scratch” Perry, Subatomic Sound System
Doug Fir Lounge
830 E Burnside St Lawrence Rothman
Hawthorne Theatre 1507 SE César E. Chávez Blvd MadeInTYO
Holocene
1001 SE Morrison St
1037 SW Broadway Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue
Roseland Theater
Artichoke Music Cafe
8 NW 6th Ave Ministry, Death Grips 720 SE Hawthorne Blvd Shawn Zapata and The Secret Machine
2393 NE Fremont St Mountain Honey; New West Guitar Group
830 E Burnside St David Ramirez
Fremont Theater
Holocene
Turn! Turn! Turn!
8 NE Killingsworth St Karl Blau, Barry Walker Jr.
Wonder Ballroom 128 NE Russell St Kali Uchis
FRI. NOV. 3 Ash Street Saloon 225 SW Ash St Troll
Bunk Bar
1332 W Burnside St The Front Bottoms
Dante’s
350 W Burnside St Kris Deelane & the Hurt
Doug Fir Lounge 830 E Burnside St Paul Cauthen
Jack London Revue 529 SW 4th Ave Roosevelt Collier
Keller Auditorium
222 SW Clay St Tedeschi Trucks Band
Kelly’s Olympian
426 SW Washington St Jessica Dennison + Jones, Ladyband, Morals
Lincoln Performance Hall 1620 SW Park Ave Cascadia Composers presents Bernstein, Steinke & Friends
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave Delicate Steve, The Blank Tapes
Roseland Theater
8 NW 6th Ave Mic Capes & Drae Slapz, Rasheed Jamal, Fountaine, Karma Rivera, Romeo Akil (Peter’s Room)
Star Theater
13 NW 6th Ave Habib Koité, DakhaBrakha
1001 SE Morrison St Jessica Boudreaux
GLITTER AND TEARS: Kesha may have ditched her drunken party-girl image, but she still knows how to throw one hell of a bash. Kicking off her set at a sold-out Roseland Theater on Oct. 28 with her latest club banger “Woman,” the singer, decked out in bedazzled Western-wear, took to the stage with middle fingers held high, belting the line “I’m a motherfucking woman” to a giddy crowd who didn’t miss any opportunities to scream the words right along with her. And they didn’t stop singing and dancing their glitter-filled hearts out for the next hour and a half. Every word of her inspirational between-song sermons of positivity, love and acceptance were met with a roar of cheers so deafening that even Kesha herself was taken aback at one point. The only thing that seemed to stop the crowd from potentially causing damage to the floors of the Roseland was a heartfelt and genuinely moving performance of the gospel anthem “Praying,” a song that makes not-so-veiled reference to her ongoing legal battle with producer Dr. Luke. That break didn’t last long. Everyone quickly composed themselves as Kesha and her band returned to the stage to close out the show with her star-making ode to partying “Tik Tok” and the anti-bullying anthem “Bastards.” While the audience chanted, “Don’t let the bastards get you down/Oh no/Don’t let the assholes wear you out,” Kesha and crew covered the crowd in hot-pink confetti and left the audience in tears once again—this time from pure joy. SHANNON ARMOUR.
Jack London Revue 529 SW 4th Ave Liv Warfield
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave The Weather Station, James Elkington, Evan Way
Revolution Hall
1300 SE Stark St #110 Tender Loving Empire 10th Anniversary Show
Rontoms 600 E Burnside St Vice Device, Miss Rayon, Wave Action
The Know
3728 NE Sandy Blvd Holy Grove, Tower, Acid Wash
The Secret Society
116 NE Russell St The Not-So-Secret Family Show feat. Red Yarn, Lael Alderman
Wonder Ballroom
The Analog Cafe
Bob, Carol, Ted, Deathlist, Dragging An Ox Through Water
The Firkin Tavern
White Eagle Saloon
720 SE Hawthorne Blvd Stevie Stone 1937 SE 11th Ave Collapsing Stars, The Scree, and Tumbledown
The Know
3728 NE Sandy Blvd Slow Corpse, Finn Riggins, New Move, Dan Dan
The Lovecraft Bar
836 N Russell St Go By Ocean and Dr. Soll & The Squids
Wonder Ballroom 128 NE Russell St The Floozies
SAT. NOV. 4
421 SE Grand Ave brothel., Resonata, ESSEX
Aladdin Theater
The Old Church
Alberta Rose Theater
1422 SW 11th Ave Fandango!
The Paris Theatre 6 SW 3rd Ave Stevie Stone
The Secret Society
116 NE Russell St Wallace, The Get Ahead, The McCarthy Era; The Barn Door Slammers
Tonic Lounge
3100 NE Sandy Blvd Bellicose Minds, Arcane, Ritual Veil
Turn! Turn! Turn!
8 NE Killingsworth St
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave Leo Kottke 3000 NE Alberta St Annalisa Tornfelt & Gideon Freudmann, Paper Bellows
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 SW Broadway Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue
Bunk Bar
1028 SE Water Ave Whiskerman, Ty-Alex, The Heligoats
Dante’s
350 West Burnside Rock Candi
Doug Fir Lounge 830 E Burnside St
All Together Fest: Magic Sword, Chanti Darling
Eastburn
1800 E Burnside St Castles, Airport
Hawthorne Theatre
1507 SE César E. Chávez Blvd Shoffy; Demon Hunter
Jack London Revue
529 SW 4th Ave Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber
Kelly’s Olympian
426 SW Washington St GLMG Presents The Juice
LaurelThirst Public House
2958 NE Glisan St Camp Crush, The Zags
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, Kitchen Dwellers
Star Theater
13 NW 6th Ave Garcia Birthday Band
The Analog Cafe
720 SE Hawthorne Blvd Matt Wertz; Consider The Source; Stumblebum, Buddy Danger, traJedy, This Curse Divine, Harrah’s Void
The Firkin Tavern
1937 SE 11th Ave Rip Room, Fire Nuns
The Fixin’ To
8218 N Lombard St Arctic Flowers, The Stops, Death Ridge Boys
The Goodfoot
2845 SE Stark St Jimmy Russell
The Know
3728 NE Sandy Blvd Lousy Bends, Meat Creature, Let’s Talk, Gardener
The Lovecraft Bar
421 SE Grand Ave Witch Bottle, Void Realm
The Old Church
1422 SW 11th Ave Kris Delmhorst, Jeffrey Foucault
The Secret Society 116 NE Russell St The Libertine Belles
Tonic Lounge
3100 NE Sandy Blvd Cancer Benefit for Jake Cheeto: Danava, MeanJeans, Virgil, Warpfire
Turn! Turn! Turn!
8 NE Killingsworth St
Holocene
1001 SE Morrison St Blanck Mass, Egyptrixx
Jack London Revue 529 SW 4th Ave Liv Warfield
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave Cloakroom, Møtrik
Muddy Rudder Public House 8105 Se 7th Ave Lloyd Jones
Revolution Hall
1300 SE Stark St #110 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Ian Williams
3728 NE Sandy Blvd Princess Dewclaw, Demoncassettecult, Fringe Class, Pulsing Death
The Know
116 NE Russell St Thursday Swing featuring Becky Kilgore and the Cowhands, Baby & The Pearl Blowers
830 E Burnside St Jacob Banks
Crystal Ballroom
Doug Fir Lounge
The Secret Society
Doug Fir Lounge
Roseland Theater
1332 W Burnside St Tyler the Creator, Taco
3728 NE Sandy Blvd Skemäta, Drugcharge, Suck Lords, U-NIX
[NOV. 1-7]
2007 SE Powell Blvd Robin Greene, Richey Bellinger & Friends Songwriter Showcase
8218 N Lombard St Hollow Sidewalks, American Weather, The Doomies
Crystal Ballroom
THU. NOV. 2
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
3939 N Mississippi Ave Thee Commons, Máscaras
Turn! Turn! Turn!
128 NE Russell St Chelsea Wolfe
3000 NE Alberta St An Intimate Acoustic Evening with Parachute
Mississippi Studios
1028 SE Water Ave Dreckig, Amenta Abioto, Brown Calculus
Wonder Ballroom
Alberta Rose Theater
300 N Winning Way Odesza, Sofi Tucker, Kasbo
116 NE Russell St Blackwater Railroad Company, Pretty Gritty 8 NE Killingsworth St The Social Stomach, Starship Infinity (Eddie Bond)
128 NE Russell St King Krule, Mal Devisa
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave Hiss Golden Messenger
Memorial Coliseum
The Fixin’ To
Wonder Ballroom
Aladdin Theater
2025 N Kilpatrick St Maurice and the Stiff Sisters, Chunky Steez
Jack London Revue
Low Hums, Bobby Peru, Red Ribbon, Strugglers
SUN. NOV. 5
Kenton Club
The Analog Cafe
Kelly’s Olympian
LAST WEEK LIVE
Kelly’s Olympian
1001 SE Morrison St Friends & Friends of Friends V. 10 Comp Release Party 529 SW 4th Ave Korgy & Bass, Just Pretend
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128 NE Russell St Deer Tick, Jena Friedman
MON. NOV. 6 Aladdin Theater
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave Beatles vs. Stones: A Musical Showdown
Alberta Rose Theater 3000 NE Alberta St Choir! Choir! Choir! Portland!
Anarres Infoshop
7101 N Lombard St Hemingway, Struckout, Horse Movies, Loose
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 SW Broadway Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue
Ash Street Saloon
225 SW Ash St Dwight Church Variety Show with Ice Kream Social and others
Bossanova Ballroom 722 E Burnside St Carach Angren, Lost Society
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W Burnside St LANY
8 NW 6th Ave $uicideboys
The Know
Turn! Turn! Turn!
8 NE Killingsworth St Ora Cogan, Tispur, Ilyas Ahmed
Wonder Ballroom 128 NE Russell St Goblin
TUE. NOV. 7 Aladdin Theater
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave Southern Culture on the Skids
Alberta Rose Theater 3000 NE Alberta St Tom Paxton and the DonJuans
Ash Street Saloon
225 SW Ash St When We Met, Steve Johnson Trio, Barret C. Stolte, Johnny Raincloud
Bunk Bar
1028 SE Water Ave The Midnight Stroll (feat Aaron Behrens of Ghostland Observatory)
Classic Pianos
3033 SE Milwaukie Avenue Giulia Valle Trio
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W Burnside St Nahko, My Name is Bear
Doug Fir Lounge 830 E Burnside St Alex Clare
Hawthorne Theatre
1507 SE César E. Chávez Blvd Quinn XCII
Holocene
1001 SE Morrison St Gavin Turek
PCC Rock Creek
17705 NW Springville Rd Red Lantern Ensemble
Revolution Hall
1300 SE Stark St #110 Mandolin Orange
The Analog Cafe
720 SE Hawthorne Blvd Stacked Like Pancakes; David Ryan Harris (guitarist for John Mayer)
The Know
3728 NE Sandy Blvd Halfbird,Cambrian Explosion, TOIM, Body Shame
White Eagle Saloon 836 N Russell St TK Revolution Jam
Wonder Ballroom
128 NE Russell St The New Mastersounds w/ Kung Fu
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E Z O BO Massacooramaan Years DJing: I made little mixtapes for myself in high school and had a radio show for a sec early on in college, but I really started DJing in Chicago about eight years ago when a friend asked me to play a house party. Genre: Lots of regional genres like Chicago footwork, Bay Area rap and South African house of all kinds. I love dropping things like field recordings, ambient music, gospel acapellas etc. along the way, too. Where you can catch me regularly: I’ve been running the Cave, my hip-hop and R&B residency, for four years now. It just moved to NYX on West Burnside and is every second and fourth Friday. Craziest gig: In 2014 I was fortunate to get invited to N.A.A.F.I.’s New Year’s party in a small oceanside town in Oaxaca, Mexico. It was three days’ long, right on the beach with a bunch of friends. On the last night, shit got so crazy that the CDJs got completely covered from people kicking up sand from the dance floor. Haven’t topped that one since. My go-to records: “Anti,” SOB & RBE; “Bladadah,” Mozzy; “First Day Out,” Tee Grizzley; “Caribbean Drums,” DJ Chuckie; “HoleHole,” DJ Milton; “Underground Ghetto,” Waxmaster; “X-Ta-C,” DJ Deeon; many versions of Cajmere’s “The Percolator,” which is the best song of all-time. I have over 100 edits, remixes, and revisions of it, and it’s pretty likely I’ll play at least one of them in my set. Don’t ever ask me to play…: I hate being talked to while I’m DJing. But if someone requests something that makes sense with what I’m doing and is really quick with it, I might be OK. I was once told I had to play a J Cole song because “I’m a customer.” Go buy a drink then, and get the fuck out of my face. As a DJ, it is your job to make people like that feel unwelcome in the club, so they stop showing up. NEXT GIG: Massacooramaan spins at Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., with Teklife DJs, Suzi Analogue and Reverend Dollars on Friday, Nov. 3. 7 pm. All ages. Free. The Lovecraft Bar
421 SE Grand Ave Shadowplay (goth, industrial, 80s)
WED, NOV. 1 Bit House Saloon
727 SE Grand Ave Dia De Los Muertos w/ State of Mind
Ground Kontrol
511 NW Couch St TRONix: DJ Metronome
Killingsworth Dynasty
20 NW 3rd Ave Ladies Night (rap, r&b)
Elvis Room
203 SE Grand Ave DJ Joey Prude
Ground Kontrol
832 N Killingsworth St Finite Plane: Carly Barton / Reid Stubblefield
The Lovecraft Bar
Killingsworth Dynasty
Tonic Lounge
Moloko
3100 NE Sandy Blvd Death Throes (death rock, post punk, dark wave)
Whiskey Bar
31 NW 1st Ave Woke Wednesday (bass)
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511 NW Couch St Community Library DJs: DJ Brokenwindow & Strategy
421 SE Grand Ave Event Horizon (darkwave, industrial)
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832 N Killingsworth St Without Sympathy: A Goth Nite
3967 N. Mississippi Ave Sappho Digs Deep (disco)
The Liquor Store
3341 SE Belmont St Quadrophenia Dance Party
FRI, NOV. 3 45 East
315 SE 3rd Ave Habstrakt
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W Burnside St 80’s Video Dance Attack
Hawthorne Eagle Lodge 4904 SE Hawthorne Blvd In The Cooky Jar (soul)
Holocene
1001 SE Morrison St Tribute Night Presents: Slow Jam
Killingsworth Dynasty 832 N Killingsworth St Lez Do It
Moloko
3967 N. Mississippi Ave Lite It Up First Fridays with Frankeee B (scandinavian synthetic funk)
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BAR REVIEW TOP 5
Where to drink this week. 1. Zero Degrees
8220 SE Harrison St., 503-772-1500, zerodegreescompany.com. Taste the flavors of the San Gabriel Valley at this new franchise spot mashing up Taiwanese boba, purple shakes made with Filipino yams, mangonadas and Flamin’ Hot Cheetos elotes.
2. Teutonic
303 SE 20th Ave, 503-235-5053, teutonicwines.com. Along with a wwekend small plates menu by chef Ian Wilson, excellent winery Teutonic just added a very, very important thing: Dollar oysters from 4-6 pm every Friday.
3. Natian
1306 E Burnside St., 503-719-6994, natianbrewery.com. Natian Brewing’s new Burnside Street taproom is probably the city’s only bar devoted fulltime to penguins and weird bugs, with one TV always tuned to the nature channel. Get the Cease and Desist milk stout vertical.
4. Chandelier Bar
1451 SE Ankeny St., 503-841-8345, chandelierbarpdx.com. In a space that looks like the Black Lodge from Twin Peaks, drink rare sakes that taste like you’ve probably never had them.
5. Urban Farmer
525 SW Morrison St., 503-222-4900, urbanfarmerportland.com. For a steep $20 at this steakhouse high in the Nines, you can get the finest Vieux Carré we’ve ever had in Portland. Nyx
215 W Burnside St. The Cave (rap, r&b, club)
LOOKING UP: East Broadway has always been a uniquely bad bar street. So we were stoked last year when we caught word that the people behind Century Bar, Church and Bye and Bye planned a Lloyd District karaoke spot called Capitol (1440 NE Broadway, 971-7041930, capitolpdx.com) in that weird-ass, masonic-looking castle turret owned by pop photographer David LaChapelle. With its mid-century seats, airy space and epileptically colorful Instagram wall, the front room of Capitol looks like what would happen if a space-age bachelor pad fucked a rainbow Pee-Chee. The cocktails are equally day-glo, a wealth of $10 fruity sugar bombs that’ll make it popular with the daytime mall crowd. Those pop touches may be a nod to LaChapelle, who apparently let the owners have the space because of their track record with vegan spots. The food at Capitol is meatless, cheeseless comfort food from much-loved pop-up Of Roots and Blooms, the standout being a surprisingly great cashew mac n cheese ($10) that might nonetheless be helped by an option to add hearty soy curls. (Avoid the $11 chips and dip, because it’s $11 chips and dip.) Capitol does plan to add a second floor with karaoke, but for now the singing is all in a tiny, pitch-blackand-neon back hallway. At night it’s normal karaoke, but during the day the room doubles as a free Voicebox-style private lounge, accessible through a phone app for anyone enterprising enough to claim it. Free daytime karaoke aside, the bar’s best feature may actually be the view up. The high-ceilinged space crescendos in a domed vault of windows pouring in light through gothic apertures. It’s like being in Italy, but without all the Italians. MATTHEW KORFHAGE. Whiskey Bar
31 NW 1st Ave NastyNasty, PROKO, PAINT
Rock Hard PDX
13639 SE Powell Blvd DJ Starscream of Slipknot
The Goodfoot
2845 SE Stark St First Friday Superjam (funk, soul, disco)
The Liquor Store
3341 SE Belmont St UPLIFT
The Lovecraft Bar
421 SE Grand Ave DoublePlusDANCE w/ DJ Acid Rick & DJ Carrion (new wave, synth, goth)
The Paris Theatre
6 SW 3rd Ave ATLiens - Space Cult Tour
The Steep and Thorny Way to Heaven
SE 2nd Ave. & Hawthorne Blvd Brickbat Mansion presents: Darkswoon
Toffee Club
1006 SE Hawthorne Blvd Sticky Toffee All-Stars (house, disco)
SAT, NOV. 4 Bit House Saloon
727 SE Grand Ave NoFOMO 1-Year Anniversary
Black Book
20 NW 3rd Ave The Ruckus (rap, r&b, club)
Crush Bar
1400 SE Morrison St Pants OFF Dance OFF: Rawhide
Holocene
1001 SE Morrison St Fleetmac Wood Presents Sisters of the Moon Disco
Killingsworth Dynasty 832 N Killingsworth St Questionable Decisions
The Liquor Store
3341 SE Belmont St Wake The Town w/ Ana Sia
The Lovecraft Bar
421 SE Grand Ave Expressway to Yr Skull (shoegaze, deathrock, indie) / Death Trip w/ DJ Tobias
The Paris Theatre 6 SW 3rd Ave Wizards Charity, Dance to Help
Valentines
232 SW Ankeny St Halcyon (indie dance, nu disco, deep house)
SUN, NOV. 5 Ground Kontrol
511 NW Couch St Black Sunday: DJ Nate C. (metal)
Star Theater
13 NW 6th Ave Hive (goth, industrial)
The Lovecraft Bar
421 SE Grand Ave Sad Day (the saddest party ever)
Tube
18 NW 3rd Ave Sunday Funday w/ Easy Egg
White Owl Social Club
1305 SE 8th Ave East Your Sunday Best w/ Kornél Kovács & Natural Magic
MON, NOV. 6 Ground Kontrol
511 NW Couch St Reaganomix: DJ Jay ‘KingFader’ Bosch (80s)
Sandy Hut
1430 NE Sandy Blvd DJ Bad Wizard
The Lovecraft Bar
421 SE Grand Ave Black Mass (goth, post punk, new wave)
TUE, NOV. 7 Kelly’s Olympian
426 SW Washington St Party Damage DJs: DJ Dom DeLuise
The Embers Avenue 100 NW Broadway Recycle (dark dance)
The Lovecraft Bar
421 SE Grand Ave Sleepwalk w/ Miz Margo (deathrock, bat cave, goth)
Tube
18 NW 3rd Ave Tubesdays w/ DJ Jack
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HATCHING IDEA: Rolland Walsh
Playing Chicken YEAR OF THE ROOSTER IS A STRANGE, ENTERTAINING BIRD. BY B EN N ETT CA MPB ELL FER GU SON
As the fearsome rooster in CoHo’s production of Year of the Rooster, actor Sam Dinkowitz is absolutely ridiculous and absolutely terrifying. As Odysseus Rex, he wears a baggy parka, red Nikes and camouflage pants and carries a knife in lieu of a beak. Playwright Olivia Dufault’s Year of the Rooster is a pitch-black satire of male inadequacy, twisted American dreams and, above all, cockfighting. Its fusion of mockery and empathy makes for an uncomfortable viewing experience, but that’s exactly the point. Year of the Rooster shakes you up by humanizing difficult-to-like characters, even when their behavior is downright disturbing. Leading the play’s cast of luckless characters is Gil (Rolland Walsh). Gil, who works at McDonald’s, lives with his mother and is forced to wear an eye patch due to a rooster-related injury. We never learn the full story behind the incident, but whatever it is, it hasn’t dissuaded Gil from training Odysseus to compete in a local cockfighting competition run by the simpering Dickie Thimble (Michael O’Connell). Gil’s treatment of Odysseus is wince-induc-
ing—among other abuses, he feeds the poor bird chicken nuggets. But instead of turning Gil into a callous sadist, Walsh plays him as a man fueled by loneliness, ignorance and a hunger to escape his go-nowhere life. There’s one particularly harrowing scene where Gil attempts to sharpen Odysseus’ reflexes by taunting him with oven mitts. But even at his worst, Walsh portrays Gil with enough tenderness that you’re reminded that as warped as his bond is with Odysseus, it’s all Gil has. As Gil’s luck continues to plummet, Year of the Rooster takes some nasty turns. Yet whenever you’re tempted to recoil, there’s always something to reel you back in, including Ahna Dunn-Wilder’s whip-cracking ferocity as Gil’s Disney World-obsessed boss, and O’Connell’s drawling delivery of wonderfully ridiculous lines like, “I was an asshole as a baby.” Every character in Year of the Rooster is an asshole, but that’s why the play is both unsettling and a scabrous delight. SEE IT: Year of the Rooster plays at CoHo Theatre, 2257 NW Raleigh St., cohoproductions.org. 7:30 pm Thursday-Saturday and 2 pm Sunday through November 18. $20-$32.
Most prices listed are for advance ticket sales. At-the-door increases and so-called convenience charges may apply, so it’s best to call ahead. Editor: SHANNON GORMLEY (sgormley@wweek.com). TO BE CONSIDERED FOR LISTINGS, submit information at least two weeks in advance to: sgormley@wweek.com.
THEATER OPENINGS & PREVIEWS Water by the Spoonful and The Happiest Song Plays Last
Profile Theater is staging two plays from Quiara Alegría Hudes’ trilogy that follows Elliot Ruiz, a 19-year-old Puerto Rican American veteran. The shows stand on their own, but considering how arrestingly poetic Profile’s season has been so far, you’ll want to see both. Artists Repertory Theatre, 1515 SW Morrison St., profiletheater. com. In rotatinf repetoire WednesdaySunday, Nov. 3-19. $20-$36 per show.
ALSO PLAYING The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Set during World War II, Bertolt Brecht’s modernist epic tells the story of a town near the Caucasus Mountains. It’s a sprawling, complicated plot. The ensemble cast of 12 play a countless rotation of characters, often as campy caricatures. They hold sticks vertically above their heads to make a forest, and into the form of a triangle for a house. Clifton Holznagel and Briana Ratterman Trevithick serve as our narrators, introducing scenes with hammy smiles and folky songs played on guitar and accordion. With weighty dialogue about political revolution, cheeky humor and abstract staging, Chalk Circle is a lot to make sense of. But it’s also lively and often hilarious, and there are moments that are as imaginative as they are emotionally effective. Holding the attention of an audience over three hours is a feat itself, as is balancing oddball humor with sincere drama. Even with its evocative imagery, Shaking the Tree doesn’t totally overcome those challenges. But the fact that they get as close as they do is remarkable. SHANNON GORMLEY. Shaking the Tree, 823 SE Grant St., shaking-thetree.com. 7:30 pm Thursday-Saturday, 2 pm Sunday, through Nov. 4. $10-$30.
The Events
The whirlwind play follows a survivor of a mass shooting as she attempts to process what she experienced. The seriously intense story is told by just two actors, plus a community choir that looms on the edge of the stage like a Greek chorus. Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Ave., thirdrailrep.org. 7:30 pm Thursday-Saturday, 2 pm Sunday, Oct. 27-Nov. 18. $25-$45.
Every Brilliant Thing
Every Brilliant Thing is the story of a man and his mother, and how her attempt to kill herself when he was a child shaped the rest of his life. It’s why the narrator began crafting a running list of small and large life-affirming pleasures. it’s playful, unconventionally structured and unapologetically sentimental. It’s more like group therapy than a traditional play. Audience members are called on stage to play a vet that euthanizes the main character’s childhood dog, or our narrator at seven years old who can only respond “why?” as his father struggles to explains that his mother tried to kill herself. Often cloyingly sentimental, Every Brilliant Thing is not for even the mildly cynical, or those who are unwilling to put aside the fact that a list of “brilliant things” is a simplistic response to a complicated issue. Still, Every Brilliant Thing succeeds thanks to Lamb’s everyman affability as well as its communal spirit. More than anything, it’s an exercise in empathy. R MITCHELL
MILLER. Portland Center Stage, 128 NW 11th Ave., pcs.org. 7:30 pm Tuesday-Saturday, 2 pm SaturdaySunday, noon Thursday, through Nov. 5. No 7:30 pm show on Sunday, Oct. 8.$25-$55.
Insignficance
In 1953, in a hotel, we meet the Professor (Gary Powell), whose cloud of wild hair betrays his identity in the first scene. Then the Actress (Tabitha Trosen) shows up. Eager to meet the professor whom she idolizes, she barges in and demonstrates the theory of relativity using flashlights and toy trains. The Professor seems delighted by his star-struck visitor, even when their solitude is disrupted by her instantly recognizable husband, “the Ballplayer” (Morgan Lee), whose jealousy turns the play into a pressure-cooker narrative of disparate celebrities vying for dominance in a single room. Thanks to a dextrous cast and the lush imagination of director Andrew Klaus-Vineyard, Insignificance portrays Monroe and Einstein as charming caricatures—she baby talks and his mustache is atom bombsized—without letting either of them become one dimensional. BENNETT CAMPBELL FERGUSON. Defunkt Theatre, 4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd., defunktheatre.com. 7:30 pm ThursdaySunday, through Nov. 18. Pay what you will, $20 suggested.
Nesting: Vacancy
Nesting is told in four episodes over either one or two nights, depending on when you go: It’s theater you can binge-watch. The play begins with a distressed Cameron (Jacob Camp) entering a dark and spooky house, with Sylvia (Isabella Buckner), his lovable slacker older sister. A vague backstory leads us to believe that their parents sucked so they had to run away to an abandoned house in Portland. In a dizzying and gradual degrade into madness, the siblings start seeing a light behind a locked basement door in the middle of the night. Then they start to hear voices. Then they start to see a terrifying Valley of the Dolls, Stepford Wives being (Elizabeth Jackson). What makes Nesting: Vacancy work is the pairing of psychological horror often seen onstage paired with cinemastyle horror, like strobe lights, an eerie score and echoed voices. The result is what feels like part-haunted house, part-really twisted episode of Twilight Zone. SOPHIA JUNE.. The Shoebox Theater, 2110 SE 10th Ave. See nestingpdx.com for episode schedule. 8-10 pm Thursday-Sunday, through Nov. 4. $20.
DANCE Converge
PDX Contemporary Ballet opens their second season with three new pieces, all of which were created in collaboration with local authors. N.E.W. Expressive Works, 810 SE Belmont St., pdxcb.com. 2:30 pm. $15 in advance, $20 at the door.
COMEDY Standing Upright
The new standup showcase hosted by Dylan Jenkins and Neeraj Srinivasan’s kicks off with an epic local lineup. Plus, it will be held at the brand new Ape Theater, which was co-founded by Benefits of Gusbandry star Brooke Totman. The Ape Theater, 126 NE Alberta, theapetheater.com. 7:30 pm. $5.
VISUAL ARTS
COURTESY OF PDX CONTEMPORARY ART
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Bridge Over Water WHERE TO STOP ON THIS MONTH’S FIRST THURSDAY AND FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY ART CRAWLS. BY SHANNON GORMLEY
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This week, First Thursday and First Friday couldn’t seem more different. On the eastside, there’s an opening reception for a punny exhibit about crows and another that features smiley-faced cassette tapes. In the Pearl, there are solo shows from established Portland artists and sobering large-scale installations. But that isn’t to say the art crawls exist in two entirely different art worlds. Put together, both First Thursday and First Friday create the full spectrum of art in Portland, from scrappy and oddball to glossy and high-concept. Even though each side of the river leans toward a different end of that spectrum, they display art that’s equally imaginative. Here are the gallery openings we’re most excited about this week on both sides of the city.
FIRST THURSDAY Mutual Intelligibility
It’s possible for speakers of two related languages to understand each other without any prior knowledge. The linguistic phenomenon, called mutual intelligibility, is the inspiration for the works by glass artists Helen Lee and Anna Mlasowsky in Bullseye’s new exhibit. The show will also feature Jeffrey Stenbom’s Every Year, an enormous grid of glass military tags mounted on a wall. It’s gorgeous, but also harrowing: The thousands of glass pieces represent the veterans who commit suicide each year. Bullseye Gallery, 300 NW 13th Ave., bullseyeprojects.com. Opening reception 6-9 pm Thursday, Nov. 2. Through Feb. 3.
The Story Is Not The Story
Though his works are usually 3-D, it’d be reductive to call Ben Bushwell a sculptor. At their most chaotic, the Portland artist’s wall hanging structures look like Bushwell was trying to smash a sculpture into a canvas. But his new solo exhibit is totally serene. Unfolded along Upfor Gallery’s white walls are dozen of iridescent panels depicting magnified obsidian. The exhibit itself is minimal, but each piece is highly intricate. Bushwell created the panels with up-close photos of the volcanic glass and then scratched texture into a glossy finish over each piece. UPFOR Gallery, 929 NW Flanders St., upforgallery.com. Opening reception 6 pm-9pm Thursday, Nov. 2. Through Dec. 2.
Places
In the many years that he’s been displaying his landscapes in Portland galleries, Adam Sorensen has managed to create an idiosyncratic style that never ceases to be striking. Instead of blandly pretty nature scenes, Sorensen reduces landscapes to meditative, simple shapes and vivid colors. His new
AdAm SorenSen - M.M. VI, 2017
works that will be displayed at PDX Contemporary Art depict jagged mountains, mushrooms and rivers that are painted in such luminous colors they appear to be glowing. PDX Contemporary Art, 925 NW Flanders St., pdxcontemporaryart.com. Opening reception 6-9 pm Thursday, Nov. 2. Through Dec. 2.
FIRST FRIDAY Laser Dome
For years, Tripper Dungan has been creating “tape buddies”—small pieces of wood painted to look like cassettes with a smiling mouth between their spool eyes. Now, Dungan is combining his tape buddies into something epic. The first step in a larger project called Outer Space Tape Cult, his new show will be a giant, interactive display that features Dungan’s trippy paintings and music. The work is still in progress, but according to Dungan, you’ll have to crawl into Laser Dome to fully experience the piece. That seems to indicate something along the lines of Kenny Scharf’s Cosmic Cavern or Cildo Meireles’ Babel—a visually overwhelming work that surrounds you on all sides, whether literately or sonically. But Dungan’s version of the contemporary art convention will include something called “yarn-powered lasers.” True Measure Gallery, 3022 E Burnside St., truemeasuregallery.com. Opening reception 6-10 pm Friday, Nov. 3. Through Nov. 30.
Crowlaboration
Crows are fucking awesome. They’re smart, loyal and do cool things like gang up against their enemies and bring gifts to their friends. For Crowvember, AFRU Gallery has invited local artists to “crowlaborate” on works inspired by the underrated species of bird. Collaborations challenge artists in ways even they can’t anticipate, and AFRU’s last exhibit, Monsters and Kittens, is the right amount of weird— ceramic hearts dangling from strings that resemble veins, gollum-like masks of hairless cats and Frankenstein flower pots. AFRU Gallery, 534 SE Oak St., afrugallery.com. Opening reception 6 pm-midnight Friday, Nov. 3. Through Nov. 26. Willamette Week NOVEMBER 1, 2017 wweek.com
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BOOKS REVIEW
Twisted Sister LIDIA YUKNAVITCH’S THE MISFIT’S MANIFESTO IS AN ODE TO BEING SCREWED UP. The Misfit’s Manifesto is a misfit—it is not the book it appears to be. Despite originating as a TED talk last year about “the beauty of being a misfit,” Portland author Lidia Yuknavitch’s theoretical “self-help” book contains no lifehacks, no simple takeaways and no self-congratulatory redemption narratives. But that’s because the book’s project is not redemption but understanding. The Misfit’s Manifesto (Simon & Schuster/TED, 145 pages, $16.99) is a series of essays about what it is to fuck up all the time and never quite belong. Nested within each essay like misshapen Matryoshka dolls are stories of mostly Portland misfits, whether transgender writer Zach Ellis or former mayoral candidate Sean Davis. The Misfit’s Manifesto arrives as a multifarious ode to grief, discomfort and the cracked-tooth smile, and to the trauma carried by the abused as a legacy that remains “alive in our actual bodies.” Artist Jason Arias writes about how being brutally choked by a policeman as a “semi-brown” 12-year-old caused him later to realize he has “lived, worked and loved with an invisible necklace of cop hands around my neck for years.” Yuknavitch has written about sexual abuse by her father, miscarriage, DUIs, drugs and alcoholism. But this book is not about the sanctity of suffering. “I truly hate the ‘suffering makes you stronger’ narrative,” Yuknavitch writes. “The truth is, suffering sucks and it can take you to a place of wanting to kill yourself, and there’s nothing beautiful about that.” But the book still feels redemptive through the simple act of empathy. Misfits understand each other not by being alike, and the shared experience of not belonging is the comfort offered by the book. Though Manifesto is occasionally pocked by academic bromides like “addiction may be the logic of late capitalism,” the idea that animates the book is that the misfit may be more essential to life than the hero. Yuknavitch quotes the poem at the base of the statue of liberty—the one that asks for the “homeless” and “tempest-tost,” and “huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” In many ways, she writes, the misfit’s journey is a story that defines our country, the waves of refugees who “started out in hell” only to arrive at a place that didn’t understand them. The hope of the misfit is the hope of America, and it’s not a hero’s triumph. It’s the refusal to surrender, the unbending will to live that defines life itself. MATTHEW KORFHAGE. GO: Lidia Yuknavitch reads from The Misfit’s Manifesto on Monday, Nov. 6, at Broadway Books 1714 NE Broadway, 503284-1726, broadwaybooks.net. 7 pm. Free. 40
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Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
It’s pronounced “so-craits.” Clinton, Nov. 6.
Manchurian Candidate (1962)
John Frankenheimer’s political thriller is always pretty bleak, but It’s almost annoying how fitting it is this week. It’s about an American brainwashed by a foreign power to overthrow the US government. Thank god it’s a masterpiece. Hollywood, Nov. 5.
Picnic, Lighting TODD HAYNES’ NEW MOVIE IS BOLDLY SENTIMENTAL. BY S HA N N O N G O R M L EY
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We meet Wonderstruck’s 12-year-old protagonist when he wakes up from a nightmare. Ben (Oakes Fegley) never knew his dad and his mom died in a car accident, so Ben lives with his aunt in Flint, Mich., where he shares a bedroom with his jerk older cousin (Sawyer Nunes). His cousin’s side of the room is covered with movie posters and pictures, but Ben’s walls are bare accept for an Oscar Wilde quote on a small piece of paper that reads: “We’re all in the gutter, but not all of us are looking at the stars.” The eighth movie by Portland-based director Todd Haynes (I’m Not There, Far From Heaven) is unabashedly sentimental—its central message is literally spelled out in typewriter font above the main character’s bed. But even though the movie’s point of view can be distilled to a single sentence, Wonderstruck brings the sentiment to life with such imaginative detail that it hardly seems heavy-handed. We learn from the obituary Ben keeps with him at all times that his mom died in a car crash. From a series of flashbacks, we learn that when his mom (Michelle Williams) was alive, his bedroom was full of toy cars, dinosaurs and a shiny telescope topped with a red bow. Mixed in with the flashbacks and Ben’s life in 1977 is an entirely different storyline. In black and white and silent except for an orchestral score, it’s centered around Rose, a girl growing up in 1927. Rose is deaf and lives with her impatient dad in Hoboken, New Jersey. She can see the New York skyline from her bedroom window, and in an almost magical display of longing, she constructs a replica of her view out of newspaper.
Ben longs to break free of his isolation, too. In a book about cabinets of curiosities, he finds a bookmark signed by a man he believes to be his dad. But as he’s calling the New York bookstore listed on the bookmark, he’s struck by lightning. It’s then that Rose and Ben’s stories begin to run in parallel—Ben wakes up in a hospital bed, screaming to his aunt that he can’t talk. “You can, you just can’t hear yourself,” she writes on a piece of paper. Instead of deterring his quest to find his dad, Ben’s disability spurs him into more drastic action: he sneaks out of the hospital and hops on a bus for New York. Rose runs away to the city, too. Fed up with her irritable father, she decides to end the hopelessness of her longing and leave for New York in search of her mother. Through his career, Haynes has effortlessly moved from one genre to the next, from quirky biopics to straight dramas. Wonderstruck, his first movie that’s rated PG, might be the most difficult to categorize. Haynes’ movies aren’t inventive in the sense that they test the boundaries of film. Instead, Haynes asserts the cultural value of what gets overlooked, whether by uniting the gender fluidity of David Bowie, Lou Reed and Roxy Music into one gay icon in Velvet Goldmine, or blowing the Bechdel Test out of the water in Carol. Wonderstruck asserts that nostalgia and feel-goodery deserve a place in high art— it’s hard to think of another kids’ movie that’s half silent and has a nonlinear plot. Even when its symbolism is more on the nose than evocative, Wonderstruck’s message about finding wonder in daily life is
still vivid. The movie is beautifully nostalgic down to the most mundane details, like when Ben’s cousin fusses to get a David Bowie record back into its sleeve. Rose and Ben wander through the city with the kind of sage wisdom only 12-yearolds can possess, where bravery and naivety are indistinguishable. Their adventures are permeated by a sense that everything will work out for them, even when Ben sleeps in a dirty bus station or gets his wallet ripped out of his hand on a crowded street. The more places Rose and Ben go, the more people they find to shelter them. In Queens, Ben meets Jamie (Jaden Michael), a boy his age who just so happens to know sign language, has a secret hideout in the Natural History Museum and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to share. Eventually, Ben and Rose’s connection is explained through a lengthy, didactic monologue. It pulls the loose ends a little too tight, and some previously miraculous moments lose their magic once they ’re revealed to serve a plot summary. The backstory involves the blackout of 1977 and secrets hidden in the scale model of New York City at the Queens Museum. Folding in historical events to the star-crossed plot feels almost jarring, like waking up in the middle of a dream. Fittingly, Wonderstruck ends with Ben watching a shooting star over Manhattan. Wonderstruck doesn’t pretend like it can lift us out of the gutter, but at least for a little while, it can point our gaze at something more beautiful. SEE IT: Wonderstruck opens on Friday, Nov. 3.
The Mummy
(1932)
Purple Rain
(1984)
If you’re not already burned out on spooky movies, this may be your last chance of the season to see a silent horror classic. Laurelhurst, Nov. 1-2.
Even though it’s kind of a ridiculous to watch Prince act, Purple Rain is still awesome thanks to one of the greatest soundtracks ever. Plus, the physical lack of Prince in this world is still a raw wound. Academy, Nov. 3-9.
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Now that the tidal wave of zombie comedies has crashed, we can start to forgive Edgar Wright for starting it. Mission, Nov. 1.
ALSO PLAYING: 5th Avenue: Nothing But a Man (1964), No. 3-5. Clinton: City of Pirates (1983), Nov. 1. Cinema 21: I Wake up Dreaming: Film Noir Treasures (1940-1956), Nov. 1-2. Hollywood: Princess Monoke (1997), Nov. 3. Sullivan’s Travels (1941), Nov. 4-5. Breathing Fire (1991), Nov. 7. Kiggins: The Maltese Falcon (1941), Nov. 6. NW FIlm: A New Leaf (1971), Nov. 6.
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Jaden Michael, Oakes Fegley and Julianne Moore.
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
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NOW PLAYING Suburbicon
Written by Joel and Ethan Coen, Suburbicon’s title refers to the name of the town where the film takes place, an planned 1950s hellscape of a community. It’s home to Gardner Lodge (Matt Damon), the milquetoast vice president of finance for local corporation Pappas & Swain, Gardner’s paraplegic wife Rose (Julianne Moore), their son Nicky (Noah Jupe) and Rose’s sister Maggie (Moore). Suburbicon claims to be idyllic, but really, it was built as a haven for racist white people. We experience this through the plight of the Mayers, a black family who move in next to the Lodges at the beginning of the movie. At first, the Mayers experience racism from their neighbors in the form of overheard comments like, “They don’t seek to better themselves” and “You remember what happened in Baltimore and Trenton.” Then, their neighbors build fences to separate themselves from the Mayerses. Naturally, none of these “nice folks” harbor any suspicions about Gardner, who is masterminding an insurance fraud that will go horribly wrong. There’s a distinctly Coen energy to be found in Suburbicon’s glibness and melding of genres—drama, dark comedy, crime thriller, social satire. It’s directed by George Clooney who, along with cinematographer Robert Elswit, does an admirable approximation of the brothers’ visual style. The performances throughout are solid, with Oscar Isaac stealing the show as the Edward G. Robinson-esque claims investigator. Clooney is not subtle in constructing Suburbicon’s dichotomy, but the Mayers subplot occupies very little of the film and is more context than storyline. It’s not given enough space for nuanced commentary. As it is, it’s an oversimplification. Suburbicon is not perfect, but it’s at least enjoyable. With a twisty storyline that borrows from multiple genres, it’s sort of like a one-man band. It may sound muddled, but it’s unique enough that it’s hard to look away. R. R MITCHELL MILLER. Bridgeport, Clackamas, City Center, Division, Eastport, Fox Tower, Lloyd Center, Tigard.
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Thor: Ragnarok
It’s a rare movie that casts Cate Blanchett as a comic book villain. Yet despite its kitschy visual delights, Thor: Ragnarok is a garish mishmash from Marvel Studios powered by lame jokes, blurry battles and unearned weepy moments. Director Taika Waititi (Hunt for the Wilderpeople) follows the Marvel playbook. The film pits Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the forever-buff God of Thunder, against yet another apparently indestructible menace: his genocidal sister Hela (Blanchett), who wears a creepy, antler-covered helmet. She has good reason to despise Thor, but any hint of pathos is squashed by lazy writing—the movie expects you to giggle every time someone says the word “anus”—and a clunky subplot that ropes the incredibly pouty Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) into the mayhem. The story also makes room for Tom Hiddleston, whose sinister, sensitive presence as the scheming Loki is as welcome as ever. Yet even he can’t change the fact that Ragnarok is a glorified commercial for next year’s Avengers: Infinity War. PG-13. BENNETT CAMPBELL FERGUSON. Bagdad, City Center, Cedar Hills, Lloyd Center, Pioneer Place, Tigard.
STILL SHOWING Baby Driver
It takes a scant five minutes for Baby Driver to feel like one of the best car-chase films of all time. At the wheel is Baby (Ansel Elgort, whose face really sells the “Baby” business), who combats his tinnitus by constantly pumping tunes through his earbuds. Every sequence plays out perfectly to the music in Baby’s ears, whether it’s the rat-a-tat of gunfire punctuating the snare on an old funk track or clashing metal with the cymbal smashes on classic-rock oddities. It’s hysterically funny, but not a straight comedy. It’s often touching, but seldom cloying. It’s the hyperstylish car chase opera the world deserves. R. AP KRYZA. Laurelhurst.
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Battle of the Sexes
Battle of the Sexes had every excuse to be a straightforward biopic. It retells the epic 1973 tennis match between rising women’s tennis star Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and aging legend Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell), who publicly proclaimed he could beat King because she is a woman and he is a man. It’s already an epic premise that could have just piggybacked on Emma Stone’s post-La La Land high. But it goes further, creating multidimensional characters and taking a nuanced look at gender dynamics in the ’70s.. PG-13. LAUREN TERRY. Bridgeport, Casacade, Cedar Hills, City Center, Clackamas, Eastport, Living Room, Lloyd Center.
Blade Runner 2049
With an overwhelming dissonant, bassy score by Hans Zimmer, 2049 looks and sounds spectacular. But as a testament to the influence of the original, there isn’t much 2049 has to add about how technology blurs our sense of self and soul. 2049 seems less concerned with tiny moments of emotion than big reveals from a twisty plot that seems to define 2049’s imaginative boundaries rather than expand them. Still, it’s one hell of a spectacle. R. SHANNON GORMLEY. Bagdad, Cedar Hills, City Center, Clackamas, Division, Eastport, Living Room, Lloyd Center, Moreland, Milwaukie, Tigard.
Breathe
With its tidy storytelling, immaculate costumes and overbearing score, this biopic of disability rights advocate Robin Cavendish (Andrew Garfield) is the sort of fussy English period drama that’s easy to hate. Yet under the confident, compassionate direction of Andy Serkis, Breathe rises above its shortcomings and blossoms into a rousing survival story that begins shortly before Cavendish contracts polio in the 1950s at 28. PG-13. BENNETT CAMPBELL FERGUSON. Bridgeport, Clackamas, City Center, Fox Tower.
Dunkirk
In Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk. we get to follow a few soldiers and pilots and civilians at sea, but they’re more like stand-ins for the other 400,000 like them marooned on the beach or assisting in the rescue effort. That’s fine, though. This movie doesn’t really need characters, and wasting time on distracting details like what’s waiting at home for these boys would only slow down the headlong pacing of the operation. I don’t think this film will win Best Picture at next year’s Oscars, but it’s a shoo-in a handful of technical nominations. PG-13. R. MITCHELL MILLER. Academy, Laurelhusrt, Kennedy Schoo, Vancouver.
Happy Death Day
A sorority girl named Tree (Jessica Roth) wakes up in the dorm of a guy she met the night before. She can’t remember anything from the night before when she was blacked out. It’s her birthday, and by the end of the night someone will have brutally murdered her. But then, as the knife drives into her, she wakes up—in the same dorm. She’s doomed to re-live the same day, Groundhog Day-style. That may sound funny in a kitschy way, but really, it’s just an unrewarding slog. PG-13. R. MITCHELL MILLER. Cedar Hills, Clackamas, Eastport, Vancouver.
Mark Felt
Better known as “Deep Throat,” Mark Felt is a historical figure most associated with his voice, or at least the idea of it. That seems to be the chief reason behind casting Liam Neeson as the Watergate informant in this period drama from Peter Landesman. With his gruff baritone, Neeson renders the lifelong FBI man the only way he can: upright and steadfast. But the whistleblower’s journey asks for emotional complexity Neeson and this generally starchy script can’t fin. PG-13. CHANCE SOLEM-PFEIFER. Fox Tower.
Mother!
In his new psychological thriller, Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky continues to be extra. Mother! stars Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem as a couple living in a secluded house. Bardem (listed as “Him” in the credits) is a writer struggling to complete a follow-up to a revered work. Aronofsky surrounds Mother with unnerving, blood-themed imagery. Soon mobs of people, for whom “personal space” is a foreign concept, are swarming the house. For a while, it works simply as exercise in anxiety. But the last third of the movie drops into heavy-handed metaphor. Rendering the Struggles of the Artist into an exhibitionist nightmare is an exercise only the Artist could love. But man, what a nightmare. R. DANA ALSTON. Clackamas, Living Room, Lloyd, Tigard.
The Snowman
Adapted from a best-selling novel by Jo Nesbø, The Snowman tells the story of Detectives Harry Hole (Michael Fassbender) and Katrine Bratt (Rebecca Ferguson) trying to find a serial killer who targets married women with children. The killer strikes whenever there’s a fresh snowfall, and leaves behind a
snowman as a creepy calling card. The film’s biggest problem is that it’s been stretched to the seams with thin plot points and shifting perspectives, leaving us with no time to explore and forcing us to think about what is happening rather than what could happen. R. R MITCHELL MILLER. Bridgeport, Casacade, Cedar Hills, Clackamas, City Center, Eastport, Fox Tower, Lloyd Center.
Stronger
Most movies described as “inspirational” practically beg to be dimissed as manipulative feelgoodery. Yet this biopic of Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman (Jake Gyllenhaal) resists the allure of the triumph-over-adversity cliches that would have doomed it. R. BENNETT CAMPBELL FERGUSON. Clackamas, Fox Tower.
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Even the power of Judi Dench’s fearsome gaze isn’t enough to redeem Victoria & Abdul, a whitesavior fantasy from director Stephen Frears (Philomena, The Queen). At the center of the plot is Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal), an Indian prison clerk who travels to England to present Queen Victoria (Dench, who also played Queen Victoria in 1997’s Mrs Brown) with a ceremonial coin. We learn little of Abdul’s life, family or personality. Instead, the film uses him as a means for Victoria to prove her nobility. It’s meant to be a tender story of an unlikely friendship, but it’s hardly about friendship at all. PG-13. BENNETT CAMPBELL FERGUSON. Bridgeport, Cedar Hills, Clackamas, City Center, Fox Tower.
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Woodshock is a dark and dreamy ode to the Redwoods and the weird shit that happens in rural California. Kisten Dunst plays spacey medical dispensary employee who laces a few grams of shwaggy cannabis before rolling up a deadly joint for her terminally ill mother. The pain of grieving her mother draws her toward a hallucinatory escape, and sober moments become fewer and further between. Aesthetics aside, time spent during lengthy shots of Dunst trailing her fingers around redwood trunks could’ve better served to flesh out the rest of the characters. It’s more fever dream than thriller, but permafry has never looked prettier. R. LAUREN TERRY. Fox Tower.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19):
America’s Civil War ended in 1865. A veteran from that conflict later produced a daughter, Irene Triplett, who is still alive today and collecting his pension. In the coming months, I foresee you being able to take advantage of a comparable phenomenon, although it may be more metaphorical. Blessings from bygone times, perhaps even from the distant past, will be available to you. But you’ll have to be alert and know where to look. So now might be a good time to learn more about your ancestors, ruminate exuberantly about your own history, study the lives of your dead heroes, and maybe even tune in to your previous incarnations.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
“I wasn’t in the market to buy a Day-Glo plastic fish from a street vendor,” testified a witty guy named Jef on Facebook, “but that’s exactly what I did. The seller said he found it in someone’s trash. He wanted fifty cents for it, but I talked him up to a dollar. The best part is the expression on the fish’s face. It’s from Edvard Munch’s The Scream.” I bring this testimony to your attention, Taurus, because I feel it’s good role-modeling for you. In the coming days, I bet you won’t know exactly what you’re looking for until you find it. This prize may not be highly valued by anyone else but you. And it will amuse you and be of use to you in just the right ways.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
Where are Chinese gooseberries grown? In New Zealand. What is a camel’s hair brush made of? Squirrel fur. When England and France waged their Hundred Years’ War, how long did it last? 116 years. When do Russians celebrate their October Revolution? In November. Trick answers like these are likely to be a recurring theme for you in the coming weeks, Gemini. That’s why I advise you to NOT be a Master of the Obvious.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
In accordance with the astrological omens, I recommend you indulge in any or all of the following exercises. 1. Dedicate an entire day to performing acts of love. 2. Buy yourself flowers, sing yourself a song, and tell yourself a story about why you’re so beautiful. 3. Explain your deeply-felt opinion with so much passion and logic that you change the mind of a person who had previously disagreed with you. 4. Make a pilgrimage to a sacred spot you want to be influenced by. 5. Buy a drink for everyone in a bar or cafe.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
“Dear Rob: I saw a photo of you recently, and I realized that you have a scar on your face. I hope you don’t mind me telling you it resembles an ancient Mayan hieroglyph that means ‘Builder of Bridges for Those Who Are Seeking Home.’ Did you know this? If so, do you think it’s an accurate title for what you do? Renegade Leo Scholar.” Dear Scholar: Thanks for your observation. I don’t know if I fully deserve the title “Builder of Bridges for Those Who Are Seeking Home,” but it does describe the role I’m hoping to play for Leos. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for your tribe to clarify and cultivate your notion of home.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Author Clarissa Pinkola Estés encourages us to purge any tendencies we might have to think of ourselves as hounded animals, angry, wounded victims, leaky vessels aching to be filled, or broken creatures yearning for rescue. It so happens that now is a perfect time for you to perform this purgation. You have maximum power to revise your self-image so that it resounds with more poise, self-sufficiency, and sovereignty.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
I used to scoff at people who play the lottery. The chance of winning big is almost nil. Why not invest one’s hopes in more pragmatic schemes to generate money? But my opinion softened a bit when the planet Jupiter made a lucky transit to an aspect in my personal horoscope. It really did seem like my chances of winning the lottery were unusually high. I started dreaming about
the educational amusements I’d pursue if I got a huge influx of cash. I opened my mind to expansive future possibilities that I had previously been closed to. So even though I didn’t actually get a windfall during this favorable financial phase, I was glad I’d entertained the fantasy. In alignment with current astrological omens, Libra, here’s the moral of the story for you: Meditate on what educational amusements you’d seek if you had more money.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
In the early stages of Johnny Cash’s development as a musician, his mother hired a coach to give him singing lessons. But after a few meetings, the teacher counseled him to quit. Johnny’s style was so unique, the seasoned pro thought it better not to tamper with his natural sound. I hesitate to offer you comparable advice, Scorpio. I’m a big believer in the value of enhancing one’s innate talents with training and education. On the other hand, my assessment of your destiny between now and October 2018 impels me to offer a suggestion: It may be useful for you to give some credence to the perspective of Johnny Cash’s voice coach. Make sure you guard and revere your distinctiveness.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
I used to nurture a grudge against Tony Pastorini. He was the high school math teacher who kicked me out of the extracurricular Calculus Club because my proofs were too “intuitive and unorthodox.” The shock of his rejection drove me away from a subject I had been passionate about. Eventually, though, I came to realize what a good deed he had done. It would have been a mistake for me to keep specializing in math -- I was destined to study literature and psychology and mythology -- but it took Pastorini to correct my course. Now, Sagittarius, I invite you to make a similar shift of attitude. What debt of gratitude do you owe a person you have thought of as a source of frustration or obstruction?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
In the lore of ancient Greek mythology, the god Prometheus stole fire from his fellow deities and sneakily gave it to us humans. Before our patron provided us with this natural treasure, we poor creatures had no access to it. As I gaze out at your possibilities in the coming months, Capricorn, I foresee you having Promethean inclinations. Your ability to bestow blessings and spread benevolence and do good deeds will be at a peak. Unlike Prometheus, however, I don’t expect you’ll get into trouble for your generosity. Just the opposite!
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
Here’s a parable you may find useful. An armchair explorer is unexpectedly given a chance to embark on an adventure she has only read and dreamed about. But she hesitates on the brink of seizing her opportunity. She asks herself, “Do I really want to risk having ragged reality corrupt the beautiful fantasy I’ve built up in my mind’s eye?” In the end she takes the gamble. She embarks on the adventure. And ragged reality does in fact partially corrupt her beautiful fantasy. But it also brings her unexpected lessons that partially enhance the beautiful fantasy.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
“A game of chess is usually a fairy tale of 1001 blunders,” said chess grandmaster Savielly Tartakower, a Pisces. “It is a struggle against one’s own errors,” he added. “The winner of the game is the player who makes the nextto-last mistake.” I think this is excellent counsel during the current phase of your astrological cycle, Pisces. It’s time to risk bold moves, because even if they’re partly or wholly mistaken, they will ultimately put you in a good position to succeed in the long run. Here’s a further point for your consideration. Remember the philosopher Rene Descartes’ famous dictum, “Cogito ergo sum”? It’s Latin for “I think, therefore I am.” Tartakower countered this with, “Erro ergo sum,” which is “I err, therefore I am.”
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